Reply #105: I'm not sure that I understand. [View All]

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Gay people are discriminated against on eHarmony - they aren't allowed to use the site, even though they are seeking opposite-sex partners. eHarmony doesn't offer same-sex matching services, and nobody is saying that they must. I think a LOT of people are confused about this. To repeat - nobody is saying that eHarmony or any other business has to offer same-sex services.

eHarmony went a step further. They would not allow anybody identifying themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or anything other than heterosexual to even use their site. Now, a lot of people are puzzled as to why "gay" people would want to use an opposite-sex dating service. My OP was an effort to answer that question.

The obvious group who might want to use eHarmony are people who identify as bisexual. They are attracted to people of all sexes. However, they were not allowed to use eHarmony's service. That's obvious bias.

A less obvious group, but one that exists, is the group of people who identify as "gay" or "lesbian" but sometimes seek opposite-sex partners. For some reason, my OP seems to have been interpreted by a couple of posters as advocating casual sex. That's not true. Again, my OP was an effort to enlighten. There are many people out in the world who don't fit into the "gay" versus "straight" stereotypes. Things are a lot fuzzier than that. And yes, many of those folks are seeking love, companionship, life partners, marriage, everything that eHarmony offers.