Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker sparked controversy after making comments about gender roles and the LGBTQIA+ community during a graduation speech. Butker, 28, served as the commencement speaker for Benedictine College’s graduating class in Atchison, Kansas on Saturday, May 11. During his remarks , the athlete singled out the women graduates.
“For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment,” he said. “You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. 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.
” Butker then said that while “some” of the women in the audience “may go on to lead successful careers in the world,” he “would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.” Harrison claimed that his wife, Isabelle Butker , would be the “first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.” He added that “homemaker” is “one of the most important titles of all.
” The football player also took aim at the LGBTQIA+ community and Pride month, praising “the true God-centered pride that is cooperation with the Holy Ghost to glorify him” rather than “the deadly sins sort of Pride that has an entire month dedicated to it.” Harrison’s eyebrow-raising comments have prom.