Posted on 05/17/2024 12:20:15 PM PDT by Morgana
CV NEWS FEED // CatholicVote President Brian Burch has called on the NFL’s leaders to clarify whether Catholics are welcome in the NFL in light of their statement denouncing the commencement speech given by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at a Catholic college in Kansas.
“In that speech, for which he received a standing ovation, Butker called on Catholics to live up to the high ideals of our Faith, including the defense of the dignity of every human life, the foundational role of the family, and the gift of motherhood,” Burch wrote on May 16 to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt.
“These ideals are not controversial for millions of Americans and indeed remain sacred for millions of religious believers, including millions of your fans and customers,” Burch wrote. Nonetheless, a “recent statement by the league distancing itself from Butker for his remarks calls into question your commitment to genuine diversity and inclusion.”
Burch noted that the NFL claims it “honors and celebrates the broad ranges of human difference among us, while also embracing the commonalities we share, and to provide each individual with the opportunity to achieve their full potential.”
“Does this inclusion include Catholics, pro-life Americans, mothers, and those who hold to traditional moral beliefs? We certainly hope you will continue to ignore the reckless calls for Mr. Butker to be canceled, or worse,” Burch wrote:
We understand not every American, or NFL fan for that matter, may share the same opinions or beliefs as Mr. Butker.
We are hopeful, however, that you do not intend to send a message to Catholics, or to those that still uphold basic moral tenets of a civilized society, that they are outsiders and no longer welcome.
CatholicVote is also calling on Catholics to sign a petition in support of Butker, which can be accessed here. https://lp.catholicvote.org/stand-with-harrison-butker/
I’ve never been much of a sports fan, but I know most people are, so I’m glad this message was forwarded to the NFL.
“Are Catholics and other Christians no longer welcome by the NFL?
This reasonable question will most likely never be directly addressed or answered except perhaps as a faceless policy statement repeating the Mumbo-Jumbo BS about ‘inclusion’.
It was reported Butker’s jersey has become the team’s best-seller ......
.... after he made the college speech.
I am so tired of everyone getting “triggered” about everything! It is not sustainable. Sooner or later things will come to a head and there will be bad consequences. I would hate to see that.
“I am so tired of everyone getting “triggered” about everything!”
I hear ya. I wanna stick a pacifier in their mouth to shut them up
Stick a pacifier in whose mouth?
Well, they obviously are not welcome by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount Saint Scholastica.
I'd be a BIT more concerned about that than about the NFL.
I believe it was Greek poet Sophocles who decried the puffed-up Olympians, pro athletes of the day, who gave nothing to society but demanded much in return. The times have not changed.
Too bad the NFL gets most of the proceeds from jersey sales
Lol!! That’s a great idea! Love it.
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