ConservativeOnly.com, a U.S. dating site that promises to “purge your personal dating pool of liberals, progressives, socialists, marxists, communists, feminazis and democrats” – has just announced it is expanding into Canada.
“Founder Craig Knight realized that conservatism was not just limited to the United States … it was clear the next step was to expand his dating website to include Canada, United Kingdom and Australia,” reads a January 29 release by the company.
First launched in January, 2012, the site reportedly came into being after Mr. Knight had trouble “finding conservative prospects on mainstream dating sites,” according to an inaugural press release.
The page’s introduction echoes the sentiment, “stop wasting time with undesirables and sign up today to meet the conservative match of your dreams.”
Contrary to “popular mainstream misconception, ” says promotional material for the site, Conservatives Only is not made up of “only stodgy, over the hill people.”
Indeed, the site’s sign-up page includes categories for virtually every race (including a joke entry for “Martian”) and a variety of religions ranging from “Atheist” to “Jewish” to “New Age/Spiritualist.”
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Conservatives Only even welcomes same-sex relationships, but the gay pickings are rather slim. A Wednesday search showed only 16 entries in the “men seeking men” category and a rock-bottom three entries in the “women seeking women” category.
For heterosexuals, the ratio of men to women is roughly 3.5 to one – with 215 women to 706 men as per a Wednesday night count.
Although many of the profiles lack photos, they are indeed a cross-section of the conservative United States, from military retirees in rural Nevada to cowboy-hat-wearing artists to a “successful single parent who helped a boy grow into a normal 30 yr old man.”
“Drama free conservative … I value personality, wit, and morals more than being swept off my feet,” wrote a 42-year-old woman from Chicago, adding “I am quite competitive with sports … however, do not like game playing in a relationship.”
Many of the profiles are from conservatives claiming to be “trapped” within liberal centres. “I find it very hard to meet a conservative women …living in Los Angeles does not help either,” wrote a 57-year-old man.
“I’m a social and fiscal conservative computer engineer born and raised in the People’s Republic of Iowa City,” quipped a 26-year-old woman.
“Willing to lie about where we met,” wrote a 28-year-old woman from the progressive stronghold of Austin, Texas.
Not all the profiles are looking for romantic love, however, such as a 38-year-old woman searching for a “friend to watch Glenn Beck with” or a 63-year-old woman looking for a friend to ride motorcycles with.
As of January 30, the site’s Canadian offerings were almost non-existent, with zero men and only two women; a 47-year-old woman in Oshawa, Ont. looking for a husband and a “very busy person” from Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
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