| New Jersey Lawmakers Pass First-in-the-Nation Bill to Make Online ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The search for Mr. or Ms. Right will soon become safer thanks to the passage of new legislation in New Jersey. The "Internet Dating Safety Act," sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein was signed by Governor Jon Corzine yesterday. The legislation (S1977) arms consumers with valuable information by requiring Internet dating companies to disclose the extent of their safety measures, such as if they do or do not conduct background screenings on members who are seeking to date each other. Doing so allows consumers to make more informed decisions regarding the online dating provider they choose to use. "People who turn to the Internet to build new friendships and relationships deserve peace of mind that the person with whom they wish to form a connection is who they claim to be," said Assemblywoman Greenstein (Middlesex/Mercer).
Nadine's Bad Boy Chat
Ladies, gents, Nadine Coyle fans, we'd like to introduce Nadine's ideal man. But there's only one teensy problemo. At this stage he's just a description, or rather let's think of him as a figment of words. Why? Well, Nadine told the Sunday Mirror: "My ideal man is someone dark and mysterious. Someone with a bit of an edge, a bit of a bad boy. "The whole game - as I think of dating - is you want to take someone who's a wee bit wild and a wee bit unruly, then have a nice relationship and for them to show their sensitive side - but for them to still have that bad boy edge to them." My, but doesn't all of the above sound like a certain hunk she used to date, in the form of Jesse Metcalfe? The pair broke up earlier this year, but seem to have remained friends, and have been photographed out and about a couple of times of late.
Beliefnet launches social-networking site
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Beliefnet has launched a social-networking service intended to bring together religious devotees, spiritual leaders and faith groups, the U.S. Web site said. The idea behind Beliefnet Community is to provide a forum for connecting religious individuals and groups, or those seeking spiritual inspiration, through social-networking tools common in sites such as MySpace and Facebook, Beliefnet said. An estimated 82 million people in the United States, or 64 percent of U.S. Internet users, perform spiritual and religious activities online, a 2004 Pew Internet & American Life Project study found. "Social networks aren't just about dating or bands anymore; they've evolved into powerful and very real communities," Beliefnet.com Chief Executive Officer Steven Waldman said in a statement.
eHarmony.com sued for excluding homosexuals
LOS ANGELES, Calif. A Los Angeles woman has sued the popular online dating site eHarmony.com, claiming she was discriminated against based on her sexual orientation when the Web site refused to pair her with another woman. eHarmony was founded in 2000 by Neil Clark Warren, an evangelical with ties to Focus on the Family, and it has grown to more than 12 million registered users, according to Reuters. The lawyer for the woman, Linda Carlson, said the lawsuit was "about changing the landscape and making a statement out there that gay people, just like heterosexuals, have the right and desire to meet other people with whom they can fall in love." Carlson is urging fellow homosexuals to join the class action lawsuit geared toward forcing eHarmony to change its policy.
Online dating site's creator isn't really jumping in blind
Online dating requires a leap of faith, but a new Web site is hoping adventurous Austinites will be open to an even wilder idea: online blind dating. Sam Yagan, the New York-based founder of the site OkCupid!, has introduced a new site called CrazyBlindDate, which launched this month in its first city, Austin. Potential daters enter only a small amount of personal information to get set up on a local blind date or double date in a location they choose. CrazyBlindDate hunts for matches who are willing to go on a short-notice date that incorporates text messages and an after-date rating system. We talked to Yagan, who came to town to promote the new site. .
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