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		<title>By: MR</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91574</link>
		<dc:creator>MR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone seen those chemistry.com commercials?  I think they&#039;re really playing off of this lawsuit.  It says something like &quot;We don&#039;t know why a million people were rejected from eharmony, but come as you are to chemistry.com.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone seen those chemistry.com commercials?  I think they&#8217;re really playing off of this lawsuit.  It says something like &#8220;We don&#8217;t know why a million people were rejected from eharmony, but come as you are to chemistry.com.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: JohnD</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91568</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#87

No, I&#039;m saying that Blanche&#039;s &#039;suspicions&#039; about &#039;gay rights&#039; being confirmed by this one (frivolous/dumb delete as applicable)lesbian doesn&#039;t make sense.


I am in fact making quite the opposite point to that which you inferred, but I guess you knew that already, judging by that cheeky little wink.  You cheeky boy ;-)

Now, back to having my suspicions confirmed about the &#039;Conservative&#039; movement.  Where does one start?  With good stories or bad?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#87</p>
<p>No, I&#8217;m saying that Blanche&#8217;s &#8216;suspicions&#8217; about &#8216;gay rights&#8217; being confirmed by this one (frivolous/dumb delete as applicable)lesbian doesn&#8217;t make sense.</p>
<p>I am in fact making quite the opposite point to that which you inferred, but I guess you knew that already, judging by that cheeky little wink.  You cheeky boy <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Now, back to having my suspicions confirmed about the &#8216;Conservative&#8217; movement.  Where does one start?  With good stories or bad?</p>
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		<title>By: RedBeard</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91564</link>
		<dc:creator>RedBeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JohnD, surely you&#039;re not equating the &quot;gay rights&quot; movement (as referenced by Blanche) with the entire homosexual population.  You wouldn&#039;t make an error like that, would you?  ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JohnD, surely you&#8217;re not equating the &#8220;gay rights&#8221; movement (as referenced by Blanche) with the entire homosexual population.  You wouldn&#8217;t make an error like that, would you?  <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: JohnD</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91562</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;This just confirms my long held suspicions that the â€œgay-rightsâ€ movement is less about civil rights and more about gaining superior rights for themselves.&quot;

Your suspicions are easily confirmed?

And Fred Phelps?Jerry Falwell confirmed my suspicions about Christians...and Amren and Vdare and confirm my spuspicions about Conservatives, and the killing of animal testing workers and abortionists confirms all of my suspicions about left, right, black white christian and pagan.

One of the biggest lies is the oft-repeated meme that all homosexuals want &#039;special rights&#039; and not equality.

Just like all Christians want a Christian theocracy, right...?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;This just confirms my long held suspicions that the â€œgay-rightsâ€ movement is less about civil rights and more about gaining superior rights for themselves.&#8221;</p>
<p>Your suspicions are easily confirmed?</p>
<p>And Fred Phelps?Jerry Falwell confirmed my suspicions about Christians&#8230;and Amren and Vdare and confirm my spuspicions about Conservatives, and the killing of animal testing workers and abortionists confirms all of my suspicions about left, right, black white christian and pagan.</p>
<p>One of the biggest lies is the oft-repeated meme that all homosexuals want &#8216;special rights&#8217; and not equality.</p>
<p>Just like all Christians want a Christian theocracy, right&#8230;?</p>
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		<title>By: Blanche R Payne</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91561</link>
		<dc:creator>Blanche R Payne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This just confirms my long held suspicions that the &quot;gay-rights&quot; movement is less about civil rights and more about gaining superior rights for themselves.  This woman knew when she signed onto this site what the standards were.  If this lawsuit succeeds, I&#039;m afraid that it would have a chilling effect on the rest of society that still lives by traditional standards.  And another thing that really riles me is when they try to compare their movement with that of our (African-American) civil rights movement.  THe whole idea is just too ridiculous for words.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just confirms my long held suspicions that the &#8220;gay-rights&#8221; movement is less about civil rights and more about gaining superior rights for themselves.  This woman knew when she signed onto this site what the standards were.  If this lawsuit succeeds, I&#8217;m afraid that it would have a chilling effect on the rest of society that still lives by traditional standards.  And another thing that really riles me is when they try to compare their movement with that of our (African-American) civil rights movement.  THe whole idea is just too ridiculous for words.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnD</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91560</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;JohnDâ€“
If you really watch all those movies, when do you have time to do anything else?

Comment by Trish&quot;

I work from 6am til 10pm, and I usually watch a movie with my wife (blockbuster or thriller or period drama or girle flick), and then one in bed (sci-fi or &#039;heavy&#039; stuff) while mulling over the next day.  My wife is disabled so we don&#039;t go out much, and we are both movie lovers, but lik


Regards,

JohnD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;JohnDâ€“<br />
If you really watch all those movies, when do you have time to do anything else?</p>
<p>Comment by Trish&#8221;</p>
<p>I work from 6am til 10pm, and I usually watch a movie with my wife (blockbuster or thriller or period drama or girle flick), and then one in bed (sci-fi or &#8216;heavy&#8217; stuff) while mulling over the next day.  My wife is disabled so we don&#8217;t go out much, and we are both movie lovers, but lik</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>JohnD</p>
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		<title>By: Hakim Abdullah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hakim Abdullah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Itâ€™s a service for singles. Get it? Singles. Thereâ€™s no such thing as almost single.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;This is a good point and also says something for eHarmony and their moral values. Perhaps, it seemed a legitimate claim against the singles service because of the broad moral-spectrum we have here in the U.S.. What do you think?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;Itâ€™s a service for singles. Get it? Singles. Thereâ€™s no such thing as almost single.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a good point and also says something for eHarmony and their moral values. Perhaps, it seemed a legitimate claim against the singles service because of the broad moral-spectrum we have here in the U.S.. What do you think?</p>
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		<title>By: RedBeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>RedBeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tammy, my local biker saloon doesn&#039;t have bars on the window.  Has plywood covering the place where the window used to be, prior to the pool table sailing through it one night.  :)

Bill the owner wouldn&#039;t have any problem with a gay customer showing up.  But he would have a problem if that customer sued Bill to force him to redecorate the place with ferns and oriental carpeting, despite the general clientele wanting to keep the existing decor of Fatheads, knife-carved tables and peanut shells on the floor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tammy, my local biker saloon doesn&#8217;t have bars on the window.  Has plywood covering the place where the window used to be, prior to the pool table sailing through it one night.  <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Bill the owner wouldn&#8217;t have any problem with a gay customer showing up.  But he would have a problem if that customer sued Bill to force him to redecorate the place with ferns and oriental carpeting, despite the general clientele wanting to keep the existing decor of Fatheads, knife-carved tables and peanut shells on the floor.</p>
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		<title>By: Trish</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91555</link>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JohnD--
If you really watch all those movies, when do you have time to do anything else?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JohnD&#8211;<br />
If you really watch all those movies, when do you have time to do anything else?</p>
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		<title>By: trebort49</title>
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		<dc:creator>trebort49</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. As many others have stated, the suit is ludicrous and intended to foist the homosexual agenda and lifestyle on people who do not agree with them.  But what do you expect when judges and legislators don&#039;t know or understand the legal definition of the word, &quot;marriage,&quot; and refuse to acknowledge its origins.

2. I am in my 50s and these services - like the Internet itself - came along too late for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. As many others have stated, the suit is ludicrous and intended to foist the homosexual agenda and lifestyle on people who do not agree with them.  But what do you expect when judges and legislators don&#8217;t know or understand the legal definition of the word, &#8220;marriage,&#8221; and refuse to acknowledge its origins.</p>
<p>2. I am in my 50s and these services &#8211; like the Internet itself &#8211; came along too late for me.</p>
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		<title>By: Erinn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erinn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ms.Barber, I love you and your blog. We actually met at a conference for african american journalists in atlanta a few years ago. I listened to you speak, asked you several questions, thought you were brilliant and had/have the utmost respect for you. I do, however, have to respectfully disagree with you (as I do with many other Christians who do not believe gays/lesbians can also be Christians), I have been both gay and a Christian my entire life. I love my Jesus and expect to be with Him in heaven someday.

That being said,

(1) I believe the lawsuit is as DUMB as you do!! She knew what eHarmony stood for before she tried to build a profile and it&#039;s utterly ridiculous for her to try to sue. There are plenty of gay/lesbian dating sites she can sign up for. Utterly ridiculous! But, it seems eHarmony is not exactly standing behind their beliefs. They said they&#039;re not against providing access to gays/lesbians in the future. hmm.Ahh yes, it&#039;s the PC syndrome of America once again and I, being a foreigner am appalled at how far it goes sometimes. If they believe a certain way, stand by it!!

2) I have tried the online dating scene and have been very successful on more than one occasion. It can really work for people who are, first of all, extremely careful but at the same time honest with themselves and with who they&#039;re trying to meet.(for example, being up front about what they look like. i.e. sending a photo!) :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms.Barber, I love you and your blog. We actually met at a conference for african american journalists in atlanta a few years ago. I listened to you speak, asked you several questions, thought you were brilliant and had/have the utmost respect for you. I do, however, have to respectfully disagree with you (as I do with many other Christians who do not believe gays/lesbians can also be Christians), I have been both gay and a Christian my entire life. I love my Jesus and expect to be with Him in heaven someday.</p>
<p>That being said,</p>
<p>(1) I believe the lawsuit is as DUMB as you do!! She knew what eHarmony stood for before she tried to build a profile and it&#8217;s utterly ridiculous for her to try to sue. There are plenty of gay/lesbian dating sites she can sign up for. Utterly ridiculous! But, it seems eHarmony is not exactly standing behind their beliefs. They said they&#8217;re not against providing access to gays/lesbians in the future. hmm.Ahh yes, it&#8217;s the PC syndrome of America once again and I, being a foreigner am appalled at how far it goes sometimes. If they believe a certain way, stand by it!!</p>
<p>2) I have tried the online dating scene and have been very successful on more than one occasion. It can really work for people who are, first of all, extremely careful but at the same time honest with themselves and with who they&#8217;re trying to meet.(for example, being up front about what they look like. i.e. sending a photo!) <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Tammy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tammy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The lawsuit is silly (and contrived--to agree with another poster).  It was just filed out of maliciousness.  The homosexual most certainly did know that the site was geared to heteros.  I would think having to answer 20+ questions about yourself would pretty much narrow that person&#039;s categories down tremendously to the point of where they were considered &quot;undatable&quot; by 99.5% of the e-Harmony members anyway.  Why would anyone want to ding their ego that badly anyway?  &quot;O, woe is me!  I&#039;m so undesirable that nobody wants me!&quot;  If the gays around here want a date they go pick one up at a gay bar.  Yes, they do exist even here in the southeast right next to the biker bars that play Lynrd Skynrd and have rebel flags on their doors and bars on the windows.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lawsuit is silly (and contrived&#8211;to agree with another poster).  It was just filed out of maliciousness.  The homosexual most certainly did know that the site was geared to heteros.  I would think having to answer 20+ questions about yourself would pretty much narrow that person&#8217;s categories down tremendously to the point of where they were considered &#8220;undatable&#8221; by 99.5% of the e-Harmony members anyway.  Why would anyone want to ding their ego that badly anyway?  &#8220;O, woe is me!  I&#8217;m so undesirable that nobody wants me!&#8221;  If the gays around here want a date they go pick one up at a gay bar.  Yes, they do exist even here in the southeast right next to the biker bars that play Lynrd Skynrd and have rebel flags on their doors and bars on the windows.</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The suit is really just about being mad that not everyone thinks homosexual relationships are a good thing. This woman wants you all to approve, darn it! Well tough, honey---we know the lawsuit is just a political move. Because if said lesbian really wanted a dating site for her twisted situation, she would start one herself for said twisted relationships. This one&#039;s pretty straightfoward.

A relative of mine goes to the same church (Lake Avenue Congregational in Pasadena) as the creator of EHarmony, btw. 

This relative also knows someone who is one E-Harmony and the friend complains to my relative that the problem she&#039;s having with the service is that she does fine with the initial online connections, but whenever she sends the photo to the guys they stop communicating. Sad, isn&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The suit is really just about being mad that not everyone thinks homosexual relationships are a good thing. This woman wants you all to approve, darn it! Well tough, honey&#8212;we know the lawsuit is just a political move. Because if said lesbian really wanted a dating site for her twisted situation, she would start one herself for said twisted relationships. This one&#8217;s pretty straightfoward.</p>
<p>A relative of mine goes to the same church (Lake Avenue Congregational in Pasadena) as the creator of EHarmony, btw. </p>
<p>This relative also knows someone who is one E-Harmony and the friend complains to my relative that the problem she&#8217;s having with the service is that she does fine with the initial online connections, but whenever she sends the photo to the guys they stop communicating. Sad, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
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		<title>By: dexybet</title>
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		<dc:creator>dexybet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL!</description>
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		<title>By: Richard Butler</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/06/05/lesbian-sues-eharmony-online-dating-service/comment-page-2/#comment-91534</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Butler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. I&#039;m ambivalent about the lawsuit myself. I don&#039;t care one way or the other, but I have a sneaking suspicion that is a &quot;test case&quot; with some left-leaning legal group hiding(ACLU???)in the background sponsoring the suit. 

2. I have been married for twenty-five years so I&#039;ve been out of the online dating scene from the get-go. I do think it&#039;s probably a great thing to skip the bar scene and try and find someone compatable with the help of a database and a computer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. I&#8217;m ambivalent about the lawsuit myself. I don&#8217;t care one way or the other, but I have a sneaking suspicion that is a &#8220;test case&#8221; with some left-leaning legal group hiding(ACLU???)in the background sponsoring the suit. </p>
<p>2. I have been married for twenty-five years so I&#8217;ve been out of the online dating scene from the get-go. I do think it&#8217;s probably a great thing to skip the bar scene and try and find someone compatable with the help of a database and a computer.</p>
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