Send to a Friend

elbanditoroso's avatar

Is it OK to discriminate against Christians (on a dating site)?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33173points) June 1st, 2015

Just for fun, I was looking at the questions on one of those internet-based matchmaking sites over the weekend.

Among the dozens (maybe even hundreds) of questions, were several having to do with religion – what is my religion, what religion should my potential match be, etc. There were other questions that dealt with intensity (fervency) of religious belief, etc.

You can also make a determination of how much weight a given factor (in this instance, religion) plays in the match-making.

That got me thinking. I know that I would not be a good match with christians – and the more fervently christian they are, the less likely I am to have anything in common with the person.

So if I were to fill out the forms, I would say “pretty important that the person NOT be Christian”.

Is that ethical?

Am I discriminating (or persecuting) Christians by saying that they are of no interest to me?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.