UPDATE: eBay has sent out a statement apologizing for limiting this competition to opposite-sex couples only. They have amended their rules to allow same-sex couples to participate. Thanks so much for putting the pressure on, and for helping create some quick social change! See here for more information.

In celebration of their tenth anniversary, the French eBay website is holding a competition. The two winners will live rent-free in a Paris apartment for a year and get 8,000 Euros to furnish the apartment using eBay.

The competition explicitly excludes gay couples, saying they're "looking for people who are representative of the range of products sold on eBay." This ridiculous explanation is homophobic and doesn't excuse discriminating against gay couples.

eBay is allowing "couples" such as a mother and son or a father and daughter to win the competition, yet they won't budge on allowing gay couples.

Please urge French eBay to allow gay couples to enter their anniversary competition.