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North Carolina GOP votes to censure Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2022 in Washi GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S.

senator, for supporting policies they said violate key tenets of the GOP platform.As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to work across the aisle, his record on LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence has raised concerns among some state Republicans that the senator has strayed from conservative values.Several delegates in Greensboro criticized Tillis, who has held his seat in the Senate since 2015, for his work last year on the Respect For Marriage Act, which enshrined protections for same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.RELATED: 3 out of 4 Americans support LGBTQ ad campaigns, GLAAD survey findsBoth the state and national GOP platforms oppose same-sex marriage.

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