Court orders eHarmony to provide access to gay community

In a class action sex discrimination case, eHarmony will pay $4,000 each to the California residents charging the company with its lack of gay and lesbian matchmaking.
In 2008, eHarmony provided gay and lesbian couples with a dating sister website, compatiblepartners.com (courtesy of http://samuelatgilgal.com)

LOS ANGELES—Experiencing the eHarmony difference may now be expanded to gay couples.

In a class action sex discrimination case, eHarmony will pay $4,000 each to the California residents charging the company with its lack of gay and lesbian matchmaking.

This case continues the 2008 lawsuit, which required eHarmony to create compatiblepartners.com, a website for same-sex matches. Now, the company must grant gay, lesbian and bisexual users access to the original eHarmoy.com site. This allows full access to a previously heterosexual-matching site.

eHarmony defended its case by aying the company “does not stand alone when they provide their relationship-matching services to a single sexual orientation.”

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