A Virginia county Republican committee on Dec. 12 voted unanimously to censure outgoing Congressman Denver Riggleman, saying he betrayed the party’s values after he officiated a same-sex wedding.
In their resolution, the Appomattox County Republican Committee included a list of reasons for censuring Riggleman, who lost his re-election bid during a Republican state convention over the summer.
Prominent among the list was Riggleman officiating a same-sex wedding in July 2019 for two of his campaign aides. “[The wedding] goes against the values and principles of the Republican Party betraying and disregarding the concerns for the many Conservative and Christian voters in the 5th district who elected Denver Riggleman to the United States House