Just one Republican senator publicly voiced opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would make it illegal to fire an employee based on sexual orientation or gender identity. During the week the Senate was given to debate the legislation, the lone GOP gripe was that it violates the religious freedoms of for-profit businesses who do not want to employ lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people.
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