Married Man Sues Over eHarmony Snub

Claassen is still technically married, although he expects his divorce to become final within two months. But the attorney can't wait to look for a love connection.

"I just think I've got the right as an individual trying to recover from something that wasn't the high point in my life," he told The Associated Press. "If that includes dating now, why can't I?"

"It just seems like he's being litigious," said writer Amy Tenowich, a 34-year-old freelance journalist for the L.A. Daily News who has used the popular online dating service during the past two years.

"The whole point of eHarmony is to find the love of your life, to find the one," she said. "Is he really trying to find the one?"

Tenowich suggested a host of other sites with more liberal membership policies, including match.com, americansingles.com and lavalife.com.

"There are plenty of other Web sites for him to find a little piece of chicken on the side," she said.

EHarmony spells out its policy online: Most clients want to know that their potential suitors are "free of relationship commitments."

"We understand that no broad general policy can cover every conceivable situation," the Web site states. "But we still have to create rules based on what's best for most of the people most of the time."

The cyber matchmaker has barred the attorney from becoming a member, but welcomes him back once his divorce is final.

Writer Tenowich offers a bit of solace to Claassen from her own misadventures in dating. She claims he's not missing out by being banned from eHarmony.

"My experience with normal versus cyberspace dating has pretty much been the same," she said."It's equally horrifying."