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And you're 100% wrong, we don't all "have to get along for the country to function." The fact that we don't "all get along" is what makes this country unique and celebrated. It also happens to be one of the primary reasons it was founded.

Maybe you really think coercion is freedom. I'll tell you what you have when we "all get along" - boredom, insanity, suicide. If you'd like to live in a place like that maybe you should visit the UK. I spent a year there one week.

Yes, people should disagree respectfully. But your attempt to label people who have certain convictions about homosexuality as "hateful" is not always (I'd say rarely) true. It's a disservice, generally, to your position.

As far as the ruling on the dating site, it's ridiculous - and a slippery slope to say the least. Using this argument, all dating sites must be generic - nobody can cater to a specific community of interest, such as seniors, ethnic groups, or even gays and lesbians.

As a young person, I'd no more decide to sign up for a senior dating site than a gay man would for a heterosexual site. A straight woman wouldn't sing up for a lesbian dating site either. It's common sense. There are plenty of sites to choose from, each serving the demographic it wishes.

This is not like being denied entry into a public school or being refused medical care at a hospital. It's dating, Ken, not a fundamental service or right.]]>Jan 29th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/eharmony-must-merge-gay-and-straight-sites-in-cali-settlement/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/eharmony-must-merge-gay-and-straight-sites-in-cali-settlement/I suggest you go back and read the original post I had written about this, http://www.switched.com/2008/11/24/eharmony-creates-separate-but-equal-site-for-gays/

Its not that everything has to be "generic" its that e-harmony markets itself as generic. If it were a niche religious dating site there would be no crying foul about discrimination. Being a "straight" dating site does not constitute a "niche" service therefore it is subject to anti-discrimination laws and creating a "separate but equal" site for gays and lesbians clearly constitutes discrimination.

And while you're right to say not all who disagree with homosexuality are "hateful" by definition, any one who would stand in the way of their inclusion in society is.]]>Jan 29th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/eharmony-must-merge-gay-and-straight-sites-in-cali-settlement/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/eharmony-must-merge-gay-and-straight-sites-in-cali-settlement/free online dating services ]]>Feb 3rd 2010 3:27PM