'We've had quite a number of same-sex marriages,' he said. Related: College students are Tindering for 'friends'
Warren says the company - which uses its patented algorithm to connect people based on 29 dimensions of compatibility - is now seeing success in matching up gay and lesbian singles on Compatible Partners. 'We didn't want to pretend to be experts on gay and lesbian couples,' said Warren. 'We've suffered from the contentiousness of that topic,' Warren said, who added that it wasn't about being anti-gay. The company originally started as a Christian dating site and Warren himself is an evangelical. When it did so, Warren says 350,000 of its members fled eHarmony out of principle. To settle a lawsuit, eHarmony in 2009 launched Compatible Partners, a site for gay and lesbian singles.
In 2005, the company was sued for discrimination of same-sex couples.
