In 2012, Thom Tillis helped North Carolina reinforce its same-sex marriage ban. In 2022, he broke with Senate Republicans to preserve some same-sex marriage rights.
that had raised the number of votes needed for the bill’s advancement. President Joe Biden signed it into law on Dec. 13.Tillis has pushed back on the idea that he’s flip-flopped on the issue of same-sex marriage rights.
In a Nov. 17 video press conference, Tillis emphasized the need to appreciate how the legal landscape has changed over 10 years. "Now there are over a million people who have either same-sex marriage or civil unions," he said, adding that if Obergefell is overturned,"We think that we owe this community some certainty."When Tillis became House Speaker, same-sex marriage was already banned in North Carolina. Tillis then took an extra step to block same-sex couples from marriage rights.
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