RainbowChristians.com was an

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and

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website that catered to

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, gay,

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, and transgender/ transsexual Christians.

History

In October 2005,

Justin R. Cannon Justin Russell Cannon (born July 9, 1984) is an American Episcopal priest, an author, and a theologian. Cannon was the founding director of Inclusive Orthodoxy, an affirming outreach ministry to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Christians. The m ...

founded this site under the name ‘Gayharmony’ through the domain www.gayharmony.net. In the website's debut press release, Cannon explained the rationale for founding the website as follows: “Most GLBTQ Christians are excluded from joining Christian personals sites, and gay and other personals sites aren’t structured to meet their specific needs. The growing gay Christian demographic deserves a welcoming safe place tailored just for them.” On May 29, 2006, Cannon applied for a trademark for the term Gayharmony through the United States Patent and Trademark Office. After Cannon's trademark application was denied on grounds of “

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” with eHarmony’s respective trademark, Cannon abandoned the trademark for Gayharmony and changed the name of his site to ''Rainbow Christians''. Cannon then gave the domain name to eHarmony. "In 2005 I actually launched my site under the domain Gayharmony.net, but in 2006 changed the name and gave the old domain to eHarmony. I'm, actually, quite surprised that they did not use it for this new service," explained Cannon, in a press release about eHarmony's new matchmaking service for gays and lesbians. In November 2009, Cannon sold Rainbow Christians to a new owner, James Lim."Allow me to introduce myself"
November 6, 2009. Accessed November 14, 2009 By April 1, 2020, the site was no longer accessible.

Services

Features of the site included: * Comprehensive user profiles * Photo uploads * Internal email and chat system * Simple and advanced search * Groups * Polls, Articles, & News

History

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