Harrison Butker defends Benedictine College commencement speech
Months after his commencement speech at Benedictine College made headlines, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is standing by what he said.
Months after his commencement speech at Benedictine College made headlines, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is standing by what he said.
"I've been in the league now seven years, and I do have a platform. So with that comes people that want me to state what I believe to be very important," Butker said Wednesday during a media appearance at the Chiefs' training camp.
In his May speech at Benedictine, a private, Catholic liberal arts school in Atchison, Kansas, Butker said the women receiving their degrees were most likely more excited to get married and have children, slammed President Joe Biden for his stance on abortion and his handling of the Covid pandemic, and went after Catholic leaders who he said were “pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America.”
Critics quickly rallied against Butker, including the Los Angeles Chargers and Serena Williams.
Butker, 29, said Wednesday that he was “very intentional with what I said, and I stand behind what I said.”
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