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Chiefs kicker slammed for ‘sexist, homophobic’ speech

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker in hot water after comments on LGBTQ Pride month and working women

By Agence France-Presseon May 22, 2024
Three-time Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker is in hot water over his controversial commencement speech at the Benedictine College
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker | Photo from Benedictine College/YouTube
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker faced a growing backlash on Wednesday after giving a speech in which he lashed out at LGBTQIA+ Pride month and took aim at working women.

The 28-year-old three-time Super Bowl champion has triggered a storm of controversy over his comments made in a commencement speech last weekend at Benedictine College, a private Catholic college outside of Kansas City.

In a wide-ranging address, Butker took aim at “dangerous gender ideologies” in reference to Pride month and appeared to tell women in the audience that their most fulfilling career would be that of “homemaker.”

In a wide-ranging address, Harrison Butker took aim at “dangerous gender ideologies” in reference to Pride month and appeared to tell women in the audience that their most fulfilling career would be that of “homemaker”

He also attacked President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion, accusing the US leader of being “vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies.”

Harrison Butker
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But it was his remarks against the LGBTQIA+ community and working women that drew most criticism.

“For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment,” Butker told his audience. “I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.”

“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.”

Ironically, Butker’s address also referenced teammate Travis Kelce’s romance with singer Taylor Swift, the global pop superstar who is widely seen as an icon of female empowerment

Butker then told the audience that his wife Isabelle’s life “truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother” adding that she had embraced “one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.”

Ironically, Butker’s address also referenced teammate Travis Kelce’s romance with singer Taylor Swift, the global pop superstar who is widely seen as an icon of female empowerment.

“As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘familiarity breeds contempt,'” Butker said, referencing Swift’s 2022 song “Bejeweled.”

Elsewhere, Butker railed against “things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerative cultural values in media” stating they stemmed “from the pervasiveness of disorder.

Butker alluded to “deadly sins” in reference to LGBTQIA+ Pride month, which has been celebrated every year in the United States since 1969.

“Not the deadly sins sort of Pride that has an entire month dedicated to it,” Butker said. “But the true God-centered pride that is cooperating with the holy ghost to glorify him.”

Elsewhere, Butker railed against “things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerative cultural values in media” stating they stemmed “from the pervasiveness of disorder

Butker’s remarks have triggered an avalanche of criticism by commentators and social media.

More than 21,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Butker to be sacked by the Chiefs. The Change.org petition condemned Butker’s comments as “sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist.”

“These comments reinforce harmful stereotypes that threaten social progress,” the petition argued. “It is unacceptable for such a public figure to use their platform to foster harm rather than unity.”

Justice Horn, a former Kansas City commissioner meanwhile said on X, that Butker “doesn’t represent Kansas City nor has he ever.”

The Kansas City Chiefs must speak up.

Members of our community deserve to know the values of this organization—an organization we all pay for. This is a time for the team to lean in and embrace the community, not remain silent when groups of people are being harmed here locally. pic.twitter.com/VhyzdoPUdX

— Justice Horn (@JusticeHorn_) May 17, 2024

Outsports, the sports news website that focuses on LGBTQIA+ issues, meanwhile referenced Butker’s mention of singer Swift.

“One of the worst parts of this NFL player’s awful speech is that he quoted a Taylor Swift song before telling women they should be homemakers and serve their man’s career,” the website wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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