Discriminate: to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features

Prefer: to like better or best

I prefer steak, thus I discriminate against tofu.

*yawn* next straw man please?

What is the difference, between positions in the dictionary? Or do you always have to resort to tired trite racist examples to score points.

perhaps you’d like to complain to Bruce that his filter discriminates against ‘little Greek island’ women and holds them in limbo?

Oh, and to be perfectly honest, if you knew the difference between “discrimination” and “preference,” I’d be surprised, although you have opened it up enough that those nice people in Oxford can stop serving African-Americans. Nice work

As I’ve said before, discrimination, in and of itself, is not wrong. If Dan hit on me, I’d be flattered and bemused, but I’d turn him down because I prefer women. That’s discrimination.

If I choose to go to Subway because I think Jersey Mikes is overpriced, that’s discrimination.

If I run a Kosher deli, I’m discrimination against the guy coming in wanting a ham sandwich. Worse, it’s discrimination based on religion! *gasp*

Um, timb, there’s a difference between a public drinking fountain and a private dating services.

The New Jersey law thus limits freedom. Do you then support heterosexual couples using New Jersey law to demand service from gay websites? I don’t.

They should be free to run their business as they see fit. You disagree. Why is it you find freedom so disconcerting?

Actually, as mentioned in the non-sarcatic section of my post, the New Jersey law has been implicitly upheld in the Jaycees case and explicitly in the Boy Scouts case.

Swing and a miss for the freedom lover who wants to make sure “freedom” (as he sees it) trump “equality” (as seen by the US Judicial system and a gay guy is New jersey who wants a compatible date…oh the horror!).

On a serious note, what you call freedom other people call discrimination. If you don’t like the law, then go repeal it, but Eharmony was correct when it ran away. Its case was a loser.

That and sorry, women are better looking then men.

Says the fat white straight guy

Your examples about Christians suing a Jewish organization for access and the like are cute. Ironically anti-discrimination laws do protect discrimination on the basis of religion but not on sexual orientation.

I still wanna know why lesbians get top billing.

ladies first?

BTW anyone know how that lawsuit in Europe went?

I don’t know. But it’s another example of an unnecessary thing to fight for as well.

They should be free to run their business as they see fit. You disagree. Why is it you find freedom so disconcerting?

Dan, I agree with you, but I want to play Devil’s Advocate, since I am trying to find a good reason why the diner scenario (not a public drinking fountain or schools) is different than the eHarmony.

Sure, back in the 50s and 60s a white person could have sued for access to a black customers only diner. But I’m guessing not many did.

In any case, there are good things to fight for. Being able to be matched up in eHarmony is not one of them.

Oh holy insufferable acronyms batman, every time I turn around there’s more letters on that god-forsaken thing.

I still wanna know why lesbians get top billing.

BCT,

I hate to point out the blatantly obvious (ok, no I don’t, in this case I relish it), but transacting business with someone is an association.

And sorry, but liberty is far more enlightened than the statism you favor.

As always it is liberals who are the last to become enlightened.

You know what you call an enlightened liberal, BCT? A conservative.

Oh and to answer the BIG question….it IS my experience “everything is bigger in Texas”

jebntex