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eHarmony Lawyer Says Calif. Gay Bias Suit is Moot; Plaintiffs Disagree

Posted Nov 20, 2008, 07:39 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

An eHarmony lawyer says a California class action alleging gay bias is moot after a settlement agreement announced yesterday in a similar case in New Jersey.

Antone Johnson, the online dating service’s vice president of legal affairs, told the Daily Journal he sees no reason for the case to proceed in California now that eHarmony will offer an online matchmaking option for gays. The new service, Compatible Partners, will be launched under a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general, who had claimed eHarmony violated state anti-discrimination law by refusing to offer matchmaking services to gays.

The California case, Carlson v. eHarmony, has been granted class action status.

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