Editing Eric Cantor (section)

===Social issues===
Cantor opposed public funding of [[embryonic stem cell]] research and opposed elective abortion. He was rated 100% by the [[National Right to Life Committee]] (NRLC) and 0% by [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]], indicating a [[pro-life]] voting record.{{cn|date=September 2023}} He was opposed to [[same-sex marriage]] as of the mid-2000s, voting to Constitutionally define marriage as between a male and a female in 2006.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In November 2007 he voted against prohibiting job discrimination based on [[sexual orientation]].{{cn|date=September 2023}} He also supported making [[flag burning]] illegal. The [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP) rated him 19% in 2006, indicating an anti-[[affirmative action]] voting record.{{cn|date=September 2023}} He was opposed to [[gun control]], voting to ban product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers in 2005, and he voted not to require gun registration and trigger-lock laws in the [[District of Columbia]]. He had a rating of "A" from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]] (NRA-PVF).<ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses Eric Cantor for U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th Congressional District |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20101001/nra-pvf-endorses-eric-cantor-for-us-house-of-representatives-in-virginia-s-7th-congressional-district |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812200028/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20101001/nra-pvf-endorses-eric-cantor-for-us-house-of-representatives-in-virginia-s-7th-congressional-district |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |language=en-US |date=October 1, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="on the issues">{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/va/eric_cantor.htm| title=Eric Cantor on the Issues|publisher=On the Issues|access-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref> On November 2, 2010, Cantor told Wolf Blitzer of CNN that he would try to trim the federal deficit by reducing welfare.