Tag: Denver Riggleman

Earlier this month, Republican House Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia officiated a same-sex wedding for Anthony LeCounte and Alex Pisciarino, two gay Republicans friends and former campaign volunteers. The wedding was July 14 at a vineyard in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But when his Republican colleagues in a committee representing Virginia’s 5th congressional district found out about his involvement, some of them tried to formally censure him for “failing to uphold the Republican Party platform states ‘marriage is between...

Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia appears to be at war with his own party after his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives decided he’s not homophobic enough for them. It all started when Riggleman agreed to officiate a gay wedding over the weekend. According to the Washington Post, the couple volunteered from his campaign a while back and eventually became friends with him. So they asked Riggleman to preside over their wedding on Sunday. NBD, right? Wrong! Apparently, Riggleman’s colleagues didn’t like this...