Warnock breaks from campaigning to cast vote on gay marriage protection – Oil City Derrick

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock took a quick break from the runoff campaign trail to travel to the Capitol and support a measure protecting same-sex and interracial marriages.

Every Senate Democrat, including Georgia’s Warnock and Jon Ossoff, and 12 Republicans, voted in favor of advancing the bill, which would create a federal law protecting the rights of consenting adults to wed. That was two more votes than they needed to overcome the filibuster threshold and allow the bill to move toward becoming law.