Senate passes bill to ban discrimination against gay workers

By using Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led Senate, reflecting an enormous shift prior to now decade in public opinion, passed a bipartisan invoice on Thursday to outlaw discrimination towards homosexual staff. But the measure faces an uphill battle within the Republican-led House of Representatives. The invoice cleared the Senate 64-32, with 10 Republicans becoming a member of 52 Democrats and two independents in balloting “sure.” The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 has develop into the most recent battleground in an ideological combat inside the Republican Party. …