legal questions
This may show my general naïveté on civil rights issues, but I'm a bit confused by this suit. Must you be a nonprofit religious organization to only hire people of a religion? I mean, I certainly agree that the if the employers actions are being accurately described in the article, they are particularly annoying employers and very misguided if not well-meaning Christians. I still have to wonder, does a Christian have the right to only hire other Christians and if so, under what circumstances?
Point Next: The eHarmony lawsuit. I have been meaning to bring this up for a while, but in light of certain circumstances a while ago, I thought it to be a bad idea. Anyway, I'm not linking to any particular article. You can do a google news search for 'eHarmony' and 'lawsuit' if you haven't heard about it. Basically, a lesbian is suing eHarmony.com, a very successful matchmaking website, because they don't offer service to women seeking women or men seeking men. The response from eHarmony is that their expertise is the result of much research into successful heterosexual marriages and that they simply don't have the expertise into gay relationships. Shockingly, I tend to side with eHarmony. My thought is that there is no reason they should be forced to what can only be described as a new product (or at least a variation on a product) based on a non-discrimination law. They aren't discriminating, they are offering services in which they have a knowledge base.
Thoughts on either or both of the above?
Point Next: The eHarmony lawsuit. I have been meaning to bring this up for a while, but in light of certain circumstances a while ago, I thought it to be a bad idea. Anyway, I'm not linking to any particular article. You can do a google news search for 'eHarmony' and 'lawsuit' if you haven't heard about it. Basically, a lesbian is suing eHarmony.com, a very successful matchmaking website, because they don't offer service to women seeking women or men seeking men. The response from eHarmony is that their expertise is the result of much research into successful heterosexual marriages and that they simply don't have the expertise into gay relationships. Shockingly, I tend to side with eHarmony. My thought is that there is no reason they should be forced to what can only be described as a new product (or at least a variation on a product) based on a non-discrimination law. They aren't discriminating, they are offering services in which they have a knowledge base.
Thoughts on either or both of the above?