Following is a summary of this Washington Times article:
Two gay men brought a lawsuit against Spark Networks, Inc., the owner of various Christian dating websites such as ChristianMingle.com and LDSSingles.com in order to force the privately owned websites to accommodate homosexual matchmaking.
The lawsuit cited the California anti-discrimination law called the “Unruh Civil Rights Act” which is a state law requiring businesses to offer “full and equal accommodations to people regardless of sexual orientation.”
The lawsuit was settled by “Spark Networks agreeing that it would adjust searching and profile features to give gay and lesbian singles a more tailored experience,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Also reported is that the dating sites previously “required new users to specify whether they’re a man seeking a woman or a woman seeking a man,” but now people will simply sign-up as a male or female.
Also Spark Networks did not admit wrongdoing as a part of the settlement agreement but it did agree to pay each plaintiff $9,000 and cover the $450,000 they had accumulated in legal fees.