eHarmony and Focus on the Family
by mskate
Sat Feb 05, 2005 at 11:59:19 AM PDT
Like many busy singles, I find it difficult to find time to date. The obvious meeting places don't work for me as I'm not crazy about the bar scene and in my church, single, straight men are few and far between. So I turned to two different dating sites online, hoping to find the success that many of my friends have found. Although one of them has turned out to be a good experience, the other (eHarmony) apparently has some affiliates that you might want to know about.
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Forgive me if I'm stating what everyone else already knew, but apparently the founder of eHarmony is very proud of his affiliation with a certain Dr. Dobson, lately of "I hate SpongeBob" fame. Dr. Clark (founder of eHarmony) has books published through Focus on the Family's publishing house. I discovered this when I received my free "here's how to get you a man and keep 'im" package that came with a year's subscription.
I'm purposely publishing this on a weekend because 1) I've never published a diary before and 2)I have the horrible feeling most of you already knew this and therefore wouldn't touch this company with the proverbial ten foot pole. However, there was nothing in the diary archives about eHarmony or any mention in the Focus on the Family posts, so I thought I'd give a shout out anyway.
Here is my email to the company:
I received the free books that came with my year's subscription to eHarmony.
Thank you for sending them so quickly. I am closing my account because your
company is affiliated with Focus on the Family, which I consider to be a hate
group. I cannot be in integrity with my beliefs and support that group or any
of its affiliates financially.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/5/145919/2183