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Weddingbee bought out by eHarmony

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Weddingbee has long been one of my favorite wedding blogs. Truth be told, I started reading it before I even got engaged and have been addicted ever since.

Until today. Mrs. Bee announced that she has sold Weddingbee to eHarmony, a dating company with extensive ties to evangelical Christian organizations. Not only do they exclude lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from their site; they also completely banned interracial matching until very recently.

In a rather pitiful display, Bee "allowed" three dissenters to post their responses to the buyout. I call it pitiful because it turns out that their new corporate masters carefully vetted every single word that you read there. This attempt to smooth over a disturbing development with mush-mouthed "truth" really sickens me.

It's even sadder because I was looking forward to applying to be a Bee myself. Now I can't even bring myself to read the site any longer, because I have no interest in lining the pockets of such a reprehensible organization.

Comments

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[info]tinyspoon wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 08:14 pm (UTC)
Hi Maggie. You seem pretty cool. Wanna be friends?
[info]maggieplans wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 08:20 pm (UTC)
Sure! You've been one of my favorite bees after all :).
[info]tinyspoon wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 08:25 pm (UTC)
Hey, thanks!
[info]runningbride wrote:
Dec. 5th, 2008 03:59 pm (UTC)
WeddingBee sale
I'm also peeved that WeddingBee would sell out to such a bigoted company. I am boycotting WeddingBee and have since began visiting www.BridalBuds.com. It is a new community that welcomes everyone. They are also looking for bloggers!
[info]maggieplans wrote:
Dec. 5th, 2008 06:13 pm (UTC)
Re: WeddingBee sale
Thanks-- I will check it out!
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