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Some even protested by turning their backs to him with messages taped to the back of their clothing, saying, \u201cShame on you Eric Cantor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the rest of the post here:\u00a0http:\/\/blogs.christianpost.com\/churn\/2011\/11\/eric-cantor-booed-while-exercising-free-speech-at-univ-of-michigan-01\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) received a somewhat less-than-enthusiastic reception from some protesters when he expressed his support for the Defense of Marriage Act while addressing a crowd of about 350 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Monday. At the completion of Cantor remarks, the Virginia congressman was asked: \u201cHow do you reconcile your position with states rights and the Constitution and your support of the Defense of Marriage Act?\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve always been very straightforward about this. I just believe in traditional marriage between a man and a woman,\u201d said Cantor. What came next may have been of little surprise to anyone, but believe it or not, Cantor was booed from several members of the audience. Some even protested by turning their backs to him with messages taped to the back of their clothing, saying, \u201cShame on you Eric Cantor.\u201d Read the rest of the post here:\u00a0http:\/\/blogs.christianpost.com\/churn\/2011\/11\/eric-cantor-booed-while-exercising-free-speech-at-univ-of-michigan-01\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[113,138,327,418],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-paul","tag-doma","tag-eric-cantor","tag-paul-stanley","tag-the-christian-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eric Cantor \u2018Booed\u2019 While Exercising \u2018Free Speech\u2019 at Univ. of Michigan  - Paul Stanley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/eric-cantor-booed-while-exercising-free-speech-at-univ-of-michigan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eric Cantor \u2018Booed\u2019 While Exercising \u2018Free Speech\u2019 at Univ. of Michigan  - Paul Stanley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rep. 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