Legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is on the cusp of securing a filibuster-crushing supermajority of 60 senators -- close enough that proponents are ready to call the question, Roll Call reports. Four Republicans have announced their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, along with 51 of the current Democrats. Another sure "yes" vote would come from (Cory) Booker, who as mayor of Newark presided over the first same-sex marriage legally sanctioned by New Jersey, now the 14th state (plus the District of Columbia) where gay marriage is legal. "It's about time," he declared after the vows were exchanged a minute after midnight on Oct. 21.
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