Posted on 05/16/2024 8:50:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
Leftists are enraged after Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement address at Benedictine College went viral earlier this week, and a petition calling for the Catholic player to be dismissed collected over 100,000 signatures.
Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion, delivered the commencement address at the Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, last weekend. During the address, he pulled no punches, calling out President Joe Biden’s support for abortion and criticizing LGBTQ “Pride month.” A Change.org petition created on Monday now calls on the Chiefs to “Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks.”
“The harmful remarks made by Harrison Butker, kicker of the Kansas City Chiefs, during his commencement address at Benedictine College were unacceptable. His comments were sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist,” the petition states. “These dehumanizing remarks against LGBTQ+ individuals, attacks on abortion rights and racial discrimination perpetuate division and undermine human rights.”
The Change.org petition, which has a 150,000-signature goal, has reached over 106,000 signatures as of Thursday morning.
Butker has proven himself to be one of the best kickers in the league. He is currently 2nd in NFL history in all-time field goal percentage at 89.1%, and he led the league in made field goals in 2019.
“Our nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,” Butker said in the speech.
“He has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I’m sure to many people, it appears you can be both Catholic and pro-choice,” he added.
At another point in the speech, the kicker called out the “deadly sin sort of pride that has a month dedicated to it” and blasted those “behind the COVID lockdowns, to the people pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America,” adding “they all have a glaring thing in common — they are Catholic.”
“This is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn’t cut it,” Butker told the graduating class.
Many people on social media also got riled up over Butker’s advice for the Catholic women who were about to walk across the aisle, telling them that “it cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.”
The NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer released a statement, distancing the league from Butker’s remarks.
“Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity,” Jonathan Beane told PEOPLE. “His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.”
LOL. I said two days ago the NFL can't ignore Butker's statements, and there's a good chance he will no longer be in the league.
Other FRiends replied: "no way, he's too good for the Chiefs"
My original comment stands. Remember what Mao Tsedong said: "in a truly marxist society, every breath you take will be a political act."
We're getting pretty close to that.
If Butker wasn’t was one of the best kickers in the NFL, he’d be gone already.
THEY ARE ASKING THE NFL TO SUSPEND HIM FOR THE SEASON FOR HIS REMARKS..
ASKING THE CHIEF’S TO VACATE THEIR SUPER BOWL.
cancel culture says it’s ok to hate Jews- Christians, Conservatives with a white hot demonic anger, but its never ok to agree with God and never call LGBTQ a sin
I despise the NFL already so if they fire this young man I will not be able to boycott them.
On the other hand if the team and the league don’t fire him and don’t try to force him to apologize, the chances I watch their sport once in a while go up to 1%—essentially tripling the possiblity...
If taking a knee is protected, then so is this.
Read his speech carefully.
It seems that Butker’s comments, by a traditional Catholic, for traditional Catholics, at a traditional Catholic college have ruffled some woke feathers.
The only people who could legitimately take issue are Joe Biden and the self-identified “devout catholic” politicians that he calls out.
Everybody else who is butt-hurt should go take a sitz bath.
BUTKER is GREAT
JUST PLAIN NUTS...
MORE ANGER AGAINST MERIT.
Religious persecution and attempting to kill free speech. He should sue the NFL.
I knew this was coming. I give it two weeks. Either the furor dies down or he’s released.
I think Kelce came to his senses and dumped her.
Taylor Swift sings songs about men dumping her? Who knew?
Poor little snowflakes.
If she does, Kelce could hire professionals with “auto tune” to write an “answer song”. Could be a huge hit!
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