195 Reps. and Sens. cosponsor law to add LGBTs to 1964 Civil Rights Act. Not one is Republican

This is a Democratic response to a number of initiatives by GOP lawmakers to pass so-called "religious freedom" statutes, a.k.a. bigot protection legislation for homophobes. The Equality Act would expand the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act to include LGBTs. Not a single Republican cosponsored this law.
     James Esseks, director of the LGBT Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, had this to say:

"Today is a historic day that has been decades in the making.  The Equality Act would transform the lives of countless women and LGBT people. Our country’s most basic promise of equal treatment under the law will never be real if you fear losing your job, being kicked out of your home, denied access to healthcare or turned away from a business because of who you are. Both the lack of clear and explicit federal protections for LGBT people and the lack of protections for women in core areas of American life are unacceptable. We urge Congress to take up this landmark bill and make our country a more just nation for all.”

 Other responses came from Lambda Legal, HRC, and Apple.