Speed freaks spawn Lesbians

One of my interests is the genetic and biological causes of homosexuality, so I was interested to come across this:

Lesbianism May Be Increased By Thyroxine And Amphetamine In Pregnancy

The researchers found that the mothers of homosexual women were at least five times more likely to have taken synthetic thyroid medications during pregnancy than mothers of heterosexual women, and eight times more likely to have used amphetamine-based diet pills such as Dexedrine and diethylpropion.

They also found evidence that some drugs have the opposite effect during pregnancy, reducing the probability of homosexual offspring. Mothers of heterosexual males were 70 per cent more likely to have taken drugs to combat nausea than those of male homosexuals.

In the 50's and 60's, doctors prescribed speed like it was candy. Nobody realized that there was any risk to it, even during pregnancy. Actually, for mothers who aren't taking other drugs, it isn't very risky, though it does lead to low birth weight, early labor, and, of course, gay daughters.

And yes, my mother took speed while she was carrying me!

"Fabulous" settlement isn't.

eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Online dating service eHarmony said Wednesday it will launch a new Web site which caters to same-sex singles as part of a discrimination settlement with New Jersey's Civil Rights Division.

The settlement is the result of a complaint New Jersey resident Eric McKinley filed against the online matchmaker in 2005. McKinley, 46, said he was shocked when he tried to sign up for the dating site but couldn't get past the first screen because there was no option for men seeking men.

"It's very frustrating and it's very humiliating to think that other people can do it and I can't," he said. "And the only reason I can't is because I'm a gay man. That's very hurtful."

Neither the company nor its founder, Neil Clark Warren, acknowledged any liability. Under the settlement, eHarmony will pay New Jersey state division $50,000 to cover administrative costs and will pay McKinley $5,000.

McKinley called the settlement "fabulous" and said he was happy with the outcome. He's considering signing up for the new site once it launches.

eHarmony was quite right not to acknowledge any liability, because it didn't do anything wrong. If you're frustrated and humiliated because there are businesses out there that cater to the needs of people other than yourself, then you need to grow up and get a thicker skin.

This is no more justified than if I sued the corner Pizza Hut for not carrying steak. I like steak! I feel frustrated that I can't get a steak there! And it's humiliating to think I have to drive five miles to the Outback instead of just five blocks to the Pizza Hut if I want steak.

In a free capitalist society, business owners aren't obliged to cater to everyone's needs or make everyone feel good. They want to provide a good or service, someone else is willing to pay for it. No one should be obliged to provide services they don't want to or serve people they don't wish to. When they are so obliged, that's called "slavery".

Behavior like this just gives us queers a well-deserved bad name. Can you imagine a heterosexual suing the Wishing Well (assuming it's still around) for only serving Lesbians? Or better yet, a gentile suing Jdate?

No doubt McKinley realized his case was ludicrous. He hoped that eHarmony would, like many businesses, prefer to pay him off rather than deal with the publicity and expense of a spurious lawsuit, especially given the risk that some activist judge might put the screws to them.

The article continues,

Pasadena, Calif.-based eHarmony said it plans to launch its new service, called Compatible Partners, on March 31.

The site will be free for the first 10,000 users who register within a year of its launch. After that, pricing for the new site will be equal to that of eHarmony.

"With the launch of the Compatible Partners site, our policy is to welcome all single individuals who are genuinely seeking long-term relationships," said Antone Johnson, eHarmony's vice president of legal affairs.

It seems eHarmony has been pestered by these frivolous lawsuits before and has decided to forestall them by starting an entire second business. Which is especially outrageous because the founder is a religious Christian. This is a bit like if the publishers of Reason Magazine got sued so many times that they started publishing magazines that catered to socialists and theocrats.

While I was googling this, I came across this question:

What's the story with eHarmony.com? They don't do gay matches. Are they some Christian cult, hoping to get breeders together to overpopulate the earth?

Yeah, that's their plan. Notice the logic: gays not here = Christian cult with sinister plots.