The popular Christian dating site online, ChristianMingle.com must now allow gay and lesbian users of the same sex is the result of a discrimination complaint by two gay men, the Wall Street Journal submitted to search.
The judge in California approved a resolution of discrimination complaints has also Spark Networks Inc. ordered mixed the owners Christian and several other dating sites, $ 468,000 to pay two candidates.
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Applicants Aaron Werner and Richard Wright stated in 2013 that the spark has violated the law against discrimination of California who seek options for gay users limited to find potential partners. Under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California "business facilities" must provide "full and equal accommodations" for people, regardless of their sexual orientation.
According to the Journal, requires the new agreement that the options displayed on the home page prompts the user to identify, just as "man" or "woman" instead of "men, women" and "men, women".
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The rule also applies CatholicMingle.com, AdventistSinglesConnection.com and BlackSingles.com. However sparks real estate services include online Jewish Dating, JDate.com, which was not included in the suit.
Spark Networks is also the functionality of the research and profile of these sites require adjust options included for gay and lesbian singles in the next two years. The company must pay $ 9,000 per person for the two plaintiffs and to reimburse $ 450,000 legal fees.
Source: Superior Court of California / Wall Street Journal
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Spark does not change gateway / web page, use the "Men, women" and "women men who" invites the future unless Funke also provide similar evidence that individuals party of the same sex can search enter and use sites without explaining that you are looking for a match with someone of the opposite sex. As Spark websites works, users still have the ability to search for possible matches of the same sex by text search functions and profile of the construction site.
Based in Los Angeles, ChristianMingle.com is "the side is larger and largest Christian Dating", and has more than 15 million registered members, according to the website.
"I am pleased that we were able to work with sparks to ensure that people can participate fully in all different marketplaces, so special to make our country, regardless of their sexual orientation," said plaintiff lawyer Vineet Dubey in a statement.
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