A New Orleans business has sued San Jose's PayPal because the Internet financial giant won't allow the company to use its service to collect donations for Hurricane Katrina victims.

The company, CFS.com, is angry -- angry enough to file a lawsuit Friday in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Its employees suffered losses from the hurricane, the suit says, and the Web site's supporters were thwarted when they wanted to help out.

Why would PayPal do that? How outrageous! How callous! How downright uncharitable! Well, there is this: CFS stands for Cruising for Sex. And its main purpose is to hook up homosexuals.

The site also contains numerous pictures of men interested in other men. And it sells pornographic videos. And some of its advertisers sell a variety of sex toys.

When Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans, two employees of CFS -- Dorian-Gray Alexander and Troy (no last name given) -- fled the area. ``Dorian and Troy sustained serious, virtually incalculable losses due to the tragedy of Katrina,'' the lawsuit reads.

The company was launched in 1995 to ``entertain gay men,'' said Keith Griffith, its founder and a New Orleans resident. It has chat rooms, personals and listings. ``It's a resource for any guy who wants to figure out how to hook up with another man,'' he said.

Neither Alexander nor Troy suffered much loss to their homes, Griffith said, but they have close family members who lost everything. Troy, for example, has a dozen relatives who have moved in with him. Alexander is living temporarily in Atlanta.

CFS.com wants a court to order PayPal to restore its service, which the suit describes as a near monopoly on the Internet. And they want damages.

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