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Harrison Butker’s sexist, anti-LGBTQ commencement speech condemned by Benedictine College’s nuns

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His words were offensive, bar nun.

The nuns of Benedictine College condemned Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after he delivered a controversial commencement speech deemed sexist and anti-LGBTQIA+.

“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,” the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica said in a statement on Facebook Thursday.

Harrison Butker giving his commencement speech.
Harrison Butker’s sexist and anti-LGBTQIA+ commencement speech was condemned by Benedictine College’s nuns. BenedictineCollege
The Benedictine College nuns.
The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica shared a statement in response to Butker’s May 11 address. Benedictine Sisters of Mount Scholastica/Facebook

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The nuns said Butker’s words “fostered division” instead of “promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world.”

“One of our concerns was the assertion that being a homemaker is the highest calling for a woman,” the statement continued. “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.”

The nuns said that 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.”

Harrison Butker giving his commencement speech.
The nuns said his words do not “represent” what their founders envisioned for students. BenedictineCollege
Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica
They said he “fostered division” instead of “promoting unity.” mountosb/Instagram

“Our community has taught young women and men not just how to be ‘homemakers’ in a limited sense, but rather how to make a Cospel-centered, compassionate home within themselves where they can welcome others as Christ, empowering them to be the best version of themselves,” the nuns said.

They rejected the “narrow definition of what it means to be Catholic” and said they want to be known as “an including, welcoming community.”

“We thank all who are supportive of out Mount community and the values we hold,” they concluded. “With St. Benedict, we pray, ‘Let us prefer nothing whatever to Christ, and may he lead us all together in life everlasting.”

Harrison Butker on the bench at a Chiefs game.
“Our community has taught young women and men not just how to be ‘homemakers’ in a limited sense, but rather how to make a Cospel-centered, compassionate home within themselves where they can welcome others as Christ, empowering them to be the best version of themselves,” the nuns said. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Harrison Butker on a red carpet.
Butker bashed working women, Pride Month and abortion, among other social issues. Getty Images

The statement comes after the NFL player, 28, received backlash for his May 11 address to the graduating class of 2024 at the school in Atchison, Kan.

He bashed working women, Pride Month and abortion, among other social issues, causing outrage online with hordes of critics speaking out against him all week.

“Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder,” he said in his speech.

Harrison Butker playing football.
He described Pride Month as an example of “the deadly sins” taught in church Getty Images
Harrison Butker playing football.
The athlete also told women that their “most important title” in life should be “homemaker.” Getty Images

Butker described Pride Month as an example of “the deadly sins” taught in church and complained that queer people have an “entire month dedicated” to their rights.

He also addressed the women in the audience, telling them their “most important title” in life should be “homemaker.”

“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,” he said.

Harrison Butker with his wife Isabelle and son.
Butker, seen here with wife Isabelle, also told male audience members to “fight against the cultural emasculation of men.” Harrison Butker/X
Harrison Butker with his wife Isabelle and son.
Butker’s mom (not pictured) is an accomplished physicist. Harrison Butker/X

“I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”

Notably, Butker’s mother, Elizabeth Keller Butker, is an accomplished physicist.

Butker then told the male graduates that they should be “unapologetic in [their] masculinity” and “fight against the cultural emasculation of men.”

Harrison Butker in Arizona.
The Chiefs kicker was blasted for his offensive speech. Getty Images
Harrison Butker playing football.
He was condemned by the NFL, GLAAD and several other organizations. Getty Images

He also quoted Taylor Swift, the pop superstar dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, telling the crowd, “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘Familiarity breeds contempt.’”

Social media was set ablaze over his speech, with the NFL, GLAAD, the wife of a former Chiefs player and many Swifties slamming Butker.

He has not publicly addressed the controversy.

(By/Leah Bitsky)
 
 
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