Love Everlasting?
I like the eHarmony ads, but Hubby and I — who met by online personals; you can get anything over the Internet — wondered if gay people were welcome.
The answer is no. Cue facile excuses, exunt homosexuals. eHarmony founder (and TV spokesperson) Neil Clark Warren was a darling of Focus on the Family — now distancing himself. This may be the softer side of conservative Evangelicalism, but I’m betting the softness is to promote market share.
No secrets here; this story has been all over the media. This May 2005 article from USA Today popped up quickly in Google.
Just a little warning for those straight heterosexuals out there who might have thought about using the service, and a little advice: Know thyself and it makes finding someone a heck of a lot easier.
7 August 2005 at 11:51 am
Yup. I was curious when the commercials first started appearing, and checked out the site. No options for male seeking male or woman seeking woman.
7 August 2005 at 1:39 pm
OTOH, in match.com you can select “I am a seeking of age…”. You can select your dating online service just as you would choose a church (not so sure about the range of political parties in these times though).