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US Dating Service To Set Up Website Exclusive for Gays, Lesbians
Under the terms of a settlement agreement announced on Wednesday by the Division on Civil Rights of New Jersey's Attorney General's Office, eHarmony will begin providing same-sex matching services next year.
"The relationship Web site agrees to provide a new service for match-seekers identifying themselves as 'male seeking a male' or 'female seeking a female' by March 31, 2009," the Division on Civil Rights said in a statement.
"The company also agrees to ensure that same-sex users are matched via the same or equivalent technology as that used for heterosexual match-seekers," the statement added.
The agreement came more than three years after Eric McKinley, a gay match-seeker from New Jersey, filed a discrimination complaint against eHarmony.
The Division on Civil Rights conducted an investigation and ruled in 2007 that it had probable cause to uphold the allegations made by McKinley.
"As part of the settlement, eHarmony, Inc. will provide a free, one-year membership to Eric McKinley," the statement said.
"In addition, the settlement calls for eHarmony, Inc. to pay McKinley 5,000 dollars, and to pay the Division on Civil Rights 50,000 dollars to cover investigation-related administrative costs."
The settlement also calls for eHarmony to revise company publications to "make plain that it does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation."
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