Conservative Catholic family associations have brought a suit against Gleeden, a dating website for married people seeking partners for an extra-conjugal affair that claims a million users in France and 2.3 million across Europe.
The website, whose name merges the English words “glee” and “Eden”, has caused a stir with large advertisements showing an apple with one bite taken out of it. "Contrary to anti-depressants, a lover doesn't cost the National Health anything," it says.
Associations of Catholic Families, an umbrella group that was active in protests against same-sex marriage, gathered more than 20,000 signatures against the ads in the Paris metro but they were not taken down. The up-market suburb of Versailles removed them there after a flood of protests.
Adultery has not been a crime in France since 1975, but the association's suit against Gleeden argues the “service” violates laws that say spouses owe each other respect, fidelity and support.
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