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All Hell Broke Loose When a Republican Lawmaker Officiated a Same-Sex Wedding

His own party has taken action against him.

A Republican lawmaker in Virginia has come under attack by his own party for officiating a same-sex wedding last month.

Rep. Denver Riggleman presided over the marriage of Anthony LeCounte and Alex Pisciarino, two former campaign volunteers last month, and told The Washington Post of his decision to do so: "My real belief is that government shouldn’t be involved in marriage at all, but if it is, everybody has to be treated equally before the law."

"And that is part of our Republican creed. And it also comes down to love is love. I’m happy to join two people together who obviously love each other," he added.

But not everyone is feeling that same loving spirit.

This week, the Cumberland County Republican Committee unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in Riggleman over his choice to marry the two men, as well as what it considers a lack of toughness on his part concerning "border security and immigration measures."

Diana Shores chairs the committee and led a previous, failed effort to have Riggleman censured on similar grounds, according to The Roanoke Times.

The politician was elected to the U.S. House last year, and during the race Shores backed one of his opponents, Cynthia Dunbar. A spokesperson for Riggleman, after the censure attempt, said the lawmaker was "not surprised by the actions of unit chairs who had been employed by his former primary opponent. Their actions were clearly political, financially motivated, and lack credibility."

"Mr. Riggleman, who claims to want government out of marriage, acted as an elected official to perform a marriage," Shores told NBC News.

"Then, he made it clear in the communications that followed to the leadership of the district that he didn’t care what we thought about the actions. Each district committee can decide if they have further confidence in Congressman Riggleman representing their values. As for me, he doesn’t represent mine."

While Riggleman is clearly in favor of marriage equality, however reluctantly, he has also voted on the other side of LGBTQ rights issues during his short stint in office.

He voted against the Equality Act, which would add protections for LGBTQ people to existing civil rights law, as well as against a resolution opposing the Trump administration's transgender military ban.

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