Grindr: app's president says marriage is 'between man and woman'
Source: The Guardian
Grindr: app's president says marriage is 'between man and woman'
After backlash within gay dating app company, Scott Chen says he supports gay marriage and was voicing his personal feelings
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Fri 30 Nov 2018 00.10 GMT
The president of Grindr wrote on Facebook that he believes marriage is a holy matrimony between a man and a woman, sparking backlash inside the gay dating app company.
Scott Chen, who became the president of Grindr after it was bought by a Chinese gaming corporation, wrote and later deleted a lengthy post on his personal page that criticized Christian groups fighting marriage equality, but also suggested that his personal beliefs clashed with gay marriage.
Some people think the marriage is a holy matrimony between a man and a woman. And I think so too. But thats your own business, he wrote in the post, which appeared to be his commentary on a recent gay marriage debate in Taiwan. Some people think the purpose of the marriage is to have a child carries your DNA. But again, thats your own business.
His remarks, which he originally wrote in Chinese, but later translated into English, were publicized Thursday by Into, a digital magazine that is owned by Grindr.
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