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Harrison Butker defends controversial commencement speech: ‘Catholic values are hated by many’
Pagesix ^ | 05/25/2024 | Sara Whitman

Posted on 05/25/2024 10:23:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Harrison Butker fiercely defended the controversial Benedictine College commencement speech he gave earlier this month during Friday evening’s Regina Caeli Academy Courage Under Fire Gala.

“If it wasn’t clear that the timeless Catholic values are hated by many, it is now,” the Kansas City Chiefs kicker, who is on the board of the Catholic homeschool hybrid school, said while at the fundraiser.

“Over the past few days, my beliefs — or what people think I believe — have been the focus of countless discussions around the globe.”

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Controversial my butt. 🙄
1 posted on 05/25/2024 10:23:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nothing controversial about his speech.


2 posted on 05/25/2024 10:24:04 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s only controversial to leftist non-Christians, and then only because there is no joy for the sinner in hearing the truth, until she becomes His disciple and it sets her free.


3 posted on 05/25/2024 10:27:00 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Stating reality is not controversial. It’s insane, maniacal haters who created the controversy and want to destroy him.


4 posted on 05/25/2024 10:27:03 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Delusional people should not be allowed to dictate what we say or think.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Heck, even the Pope hates traditional Catholic values.


5 posted on 05/25/2024 10:30:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen


6 posted on 05/25/2024 10:32:19 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hate pedophile homosexual rapist priests? A lot to hate there.

As for the rest, meh. Lots of religions want women as wives/mothers/stay at home and raise the kids.


7 posted on 05/25/2024 10:40:12 AM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I just read the man’s “controversial” speech. There is a lot of good stuff in there. (I’m not Catholic)


8 posted on 05/25/2024 10:48:39 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He should hold up a Bible and proclaim, this is the only defense I need and then start to ask the reporters if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

The rats will run for the hills, crying all the way.
9 posted on 05/25/2024 10:58:08 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: gitmo
Never was this observation more true:

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell

10 posted on 05/25/2024 11:00:28 AM PDT by Robwin ( )
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To: The Louiswu

That’s a good one.

He said we would be hated for His name’s sake.


11 posted on 05/25/2024 11:04:45 AM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Catholic, says Catholic things at a Catholic college, outrage ensues...


12 posted on 05/25/2024 11:12:58 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: chajin

Atheists hate when believers speak out. They feel threatened that their bubble of Illusion will pop.


13 posted on 05/25/2024 11:14:58 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27
controversial

"Controversial" means "anything leftists don't like".

Back in the 1970s when National Review was a paper magazine and worth reading, Bill Buckley ran an article translating leftist propaganda words into normal English. His translation of "controversial" was roughly as given above.

14 posted on 05/25/2024 11:16:53 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Chode

LOL!!!

Cute fluffy bunnies cavort among the pretty flowers while bright butterflies flutter above them on a sunny day ...

Leftists are outraged.


15 posted on 05/25/2024 11:19:42 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

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16 posted on 05/25/2024 11:36:45 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Thank God he didn't apologize.

RINOs, take a lesson.

17 posted on 05/25/2024 11:41:50 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: The Louiswu
Catholics, by and large, don't read the Bible.

Your point, though is valid.

18 posted on 05/25/2024 11:43:19 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: al_c

Well said.


19 posted on 05/25/2024 1:38:10 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Skooz

I am not Catholic, however I found NOTHING wrong with a single word in his speech.

NICE to finally see a player that doesn’t degrade the teams & who doesn’t make a mockery-—LIKE KAEPERNICK.


20 posted on 05/25/2024 1:46:18 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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