Opponents of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Calculated

Opponents of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act calculated that

A) they had enough votes from senators and congressmen opposed to racial equality to defeat the bill in the House and Senate.
B) it would fail because liberals would not be able to support legislation that would end laws that gave women special protections.
C) it would be derailed by the inclusion of sexual orientation in the new law.
D) discrimination in hiring would not be eliminated by this law.
E) Southern Democrats would be able to filibuster the bill in the Senate to death.