Man sues e-dating service and there's one hitch, he's married

"SAN JOSE, Calif. - John Claassen wants a date so badly he's suing for one.He's taking eHarmony.com to court, because the popular online matchmaker refused to find him the perfect mate.Why? Because he is married.Technically, Claassen says, he is legally separated. But that's not good enough for eHarmony, which says it is in the business of matching singles 'free of relationship commitments.' That puts him in cyber-dating limbo.'Most people don't file a suit to get a date,' Claassen said Friday after filing a civil rights suit last week in Alameda County Superior Court. 'If I had my druthers, I'd be divorced by now. I'm emotionally in a different state than I am legally,' the 36-year-old Emeryville lawyer said.Claassen alleges eHarmony is discriminating against him on the basis of his marital status. He and his wife of eight years separated last May, and he expects the divorce to be final within two months. When he reached marital status on eHarmony's online compatibility profile, he responded truthfully: 'legally separated.'"