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Harrison Butker’s jersey sales surpass Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes: But Benedictine College nuns denounce kicker’s speech
Christian Post ^ | 05/19/2024 | Anugrah Kumar

Posted on 05/19/2024 6:02:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has seen a surge in jersey sales, outpacing those of his superstar teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.

This spike in sales follows Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, which has drawn sharp criticism and support from various quarters.

According to the official NFL Shop, Butker’s No. 7 jersey had become the top seller among Kansas City Chiefs merchandise as of Friday afternoon. CBS Sports confirmed this trend, noting that Butker’s remarks during the graduation ceremony had significantly influenced his jersey’s popularity.

Although specific sales numbers were not disclosed, the jersey was listed among the “Top Sellers” on the NFL Shop website.

Butker’s speech at Benedictine College addressed several issues, including gender roles, abortion and cultural values. His speech included comments suggesting that many women are most excited about their roles as wives and mothers rather than pursuing professional careers.

“I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you,” Butker said. “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”

His remarks sparked backlash, particularly from the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, who issued a statement condemning Butker’s views. The nuns, associated with the college, said his comments did not reflect the institution’s values.

“The sisters of Mount St. Scholastica do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested,” read the statement posted on Facebook.

“We sisters have dedicated our lives to God and God’s people, including the many women whom we have taught and influenced during the past 160 years. These women have made a tremendous difference in the world in their roles as wives and mothers and through their God-given gifts in leadership, scholarship, and their careers.”

The NFL also distanced itself from Butker’s remarks.

Jonathan Beane, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, said Butker’s views were his own and not reflective of the league’s stance. Harrison Butker “gave a speech in his personal capacity. 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,” Beane stated.

GLAAD, an LGBT activist organization, also criticized Butker’s speech, describing it as “a clear miss” and “woefully out of step with Americans about [p]ride, LGBTQ people and women.” The organization also reacted Butker’s denouncement of so-called LGBT pride month.

However, Butker also received support from prominent individuals, including Tavia Hunt, the wife of Chiefs' owner Clark Hunt.

In an Instagram post, Tavia Hunt defended Butker’s praise of motherhood, noting that affirming the role of mothers is not bigoted. “Affirming motherhood and praising your wife, as well as highlighting the sacrifice and dedication it takes to be a mother, is not bigoted,” she wrote.

Over 216,600 people have signed a petition calling for the NFL and the Chiefs to release Butker, labeling his speech as “sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist.”

Despite this, Butker’s popularity and jersey sales continue to rise.

Butker’s speech also included criticism of President Joe Biden and addressed issues such as abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia and what he described as “degenerate cultural values.”

He urged graduates to align their lives more closely with God’s will, using his wife, Isabelle, as an example of finding fulfillment in traditional roles. “Isabelle’s dream of having a career might not have come true, but if you ask her today if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud without hesitation and say ‘heck no,’” Butker told the audience.

In a public appearance, Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Clark Hunt, expressed respect for Butker’s Christian faith and accomplishments.

“I really respect Harrison and his Christian faith and what he’s accomplished on and off the field,” she said. Gracie Hunt shared her own positive experiences growing up with a stay-at-home mother, acknowledging that while not all women can make that choice, it was formative for her and her siblings.


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KEYWORDS: harrisonbutker; jersey; nfl; nuns
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1 posted on 05/19/2024 6:02:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD-fPb87mVA


2 posted on 05/19/2024 6:04:59 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: SeekAndFind

Plenty of Woke nuns in the world.


3 posted on 05/19/2024 6:07:39 PM PDT by HChampagne
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To: SeekAndFind

These aren’t nuns, they’re activists.


4 posted on 05/19/2024 6:07:58 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: SeekAndFind

Ann Barnhardt on these “nuns”:

https://www.barnhardt.biz/2024/05/17/terrifying-novus-ordo-nuns-in-atchison-kansas-completely-unapologetic-in-their-masculinity-denounce-butker/


5 posted on 05/19/2024 6:08:30 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: HChampagne

never had an orgasm..... none


6 posted on 05/19/2024 6:08:57 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: EvilCapitalist

7 posted on 05/19/2024 6:09:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: changeitback440

And you know this, how?


8 posted on 05/19/2024 6:11:25 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: SeekAndFind

So help me, I think the Catholic Church, like the Anglicans and Presbyterians, Methodists and loco Lutherans, has a death wish.


9 posted on 05/19/2024 6:12:48 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: changeitback440

the ‘sisters’ are hot and bothered


10 posted on 05/19/2024 6:12:56 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: SeekAndFind

“Liberals will let you call for the extermination of all Jews on your college campus but if you tell women to start a family they’re not gonna tolerate that kind of hatred.”


11 posted on 05/19/2024 6:15:10 PM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: SeekAndFind

I still like the reaction of Father Jack. Though yours if funny.


12 posted on 05/19/2024 6:18:38 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: DuncanWaring
Ann Barnhardt on these “nuns”: https://www.barnhardt.biz/2024/05/17/terrifying-novus-ordo-nuns-in-atchison-kansas-completely-unapologetic-in-their-masculinity-denounce-butker/

Wow, that was a fun read! That deserves its own thread.

13 posted on 05/19/2024 6:35:23 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: SeekAndFind

nones not nuns. real God following nuns don’t get involved in the worldly things of life.


14 posted on 05/19/2024 6:38:32 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: SeekAndFind

They should take a vow of silence or at least lay off the carbs..........


15 posted on 05/19/2024 6:44:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

F the Nuns.....


16 posted on 05/19/2024 6:46:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind; Red Badger; Qwapisking; JZelle; HChampagne
The reality is liberal nuns aren’t finding new recruits…they’ll die out.

‘Progressive’ Orders are Passing Away—the Future Belongs to the Faithful; Young women are rejecting the dissent perpetrated by women who use their status as religious to get attention for their attacks on settled Church teachings.

To wit… the Benedictine College nuns look like they’re a group of senior citizens taking a bus to the casino, with nobody under the age of 65 in this lot.


17 posted on 05/19/2024 6:47:03 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: workerbee

what kind of meat do priests eat? none?


18 posted on 05/19/2024 6:48:09 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: SeekAndFind

< MY THEORY >
If every true Jew and Christian was dead, if every believing Church and Synagogue was destroyed, if every Bible and Torah was burned these people would still be miserable.

For it is the Holy Spirit that convicts them and it burns like heaps of coals upon their heads. They cannot escape it, yet they do not know what torments them, so they lash out blindly at all their perceived enemies.

Such is their agony that logic and reason flee and all that is left is burning evil and hatred. They will ally with those who openly denounce them and will exterminate them in the future because they share a common enemy of those they believe torture them by having different points of view or political beliefs.

</ MY THEORY >

PROOF: Queers for Palestine

QED


19 posted on 05/19/2024 6:48:27 PM PDT by OSHA (Dale Carnegie has a restraining order against me.)
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To: Paladin2
Uh,

I hereby withdraw my former remark, with predjuce.

20 posted on 05/19/2024 6:49:31 PM PDT by Paladin2
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