Senate Bill on Bias Against Gays Finds Support in Mormons; New York Times, 11/7/13

Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times; Senate Bill on Bias Against Gays Finds Support in Mormons: "The bill, which passed by a vote of 64 to 32 with 10 Republicans joining, was a priority of Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, who, as the Mormon Church’s highest-ranking member in the government, put the nondiscrimination measure at the top of the Senate’s agenda once the government reopened last month. “People shouldn’t be able to fire them because of their sexual orientation any more than you can fire them if they’re Mormon,” Mr. Reid said Thursday in an interview... Mr. Heller, who voted against a similar nondiscrimination measure in 2007 when he was a member of the House, said he was typical of members of his faith who had come around on the issue. “Where American families are becoming more inclusive, I think the same is true of the L.D.S. faith,” he said. “We believe we should treat people with dignity, and you saw that on the immigration reform issue as well. It’s an issue of fairness.”