Christian Mingle must let LGBT singles use dating site after losing court battle
Judge rules that religious dating site must facilitate same-sex matches for members
By Lauren O'Neil, CBC News Posted: Jul 04, 2016 6:40 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 04, 2016 6:40 PM ET
God-loving gay singles have won the right to mingle on the world's most popular Christian dating site — and every other faith-based matchmaking network owned by its parent company, following a California court ruling.
Spark Networks, which owns ChristianMingle, JDate, and LDSSingles.com ("the largest dating site by Mormons for Mormons"
, first came under legal fire in 2013 after two gay men noticed that new members could only search for dates of the opposite sex.
In filing a class-action lawsuit, the men alleged that Spark was breaking California anti-discrimination laws by making it impossible for members of the LGBT community to use its services.
Same-sex Christian couples couldn't be matched through ChristianMingle because members couldn't register as gay in the first place.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/christian-mingle-same-sex-dating-lgbt-lawsuit-california-1.3663871
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/sparks_settlement_2016.pdf