Last week, GLAAD, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, fact-checked Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at a private Catholic university, stating that three-time Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker’s commencement speech was “false.” It was said to be full of “dangerous claims” and even suggested Kicker’s remarks. He was out of step with Pope Francis.
“Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker’s commencement speech was not only a clear failure, but also inaccurate, ill-informed, and deeply disrespectful to Pride, LGBTQ people, and women,” GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “There was a huge disconnect with the American people’s thinking about this,” he said.
Giving a speech gEven at Benedictine College, KansasButker encouraged graduating women to embrace their callings, such as motherhood, for the future, and compared it to “a true God-centered pride in working with society.” He denounced “the deadly sin of pride in devoting oneself to others.” May the Holy Spirit glorify Him. ”
According to one of GLAAD’s fact checks, “‘Gender ideology’ is a term coined by anti-LGBTQ activists to deny the reality that transgender and other gender-diverse people exist. ”. “Booker reinforced toxic stereotypes about men, power, and control.”
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GLAAD, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, fact-checked Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at a private Catholic university. (Chris Unger / Stringer / Image Alliance / Contributor)
GLAAD fact-checked Butker’s argument blames the coronavirus pandemic on “wrong policies and poor leadership.” Butker goes on to argue that bad leadership affects a variety of aspects, including “abortion, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and euthanasia,” all of which are due to “degenerate cultural values and media.” blamed what he described as “spreading disorder.”
“Fact: Mr. Butker said Donald Trump was president at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, lied about the coronavirus, and did nothing while hundreds of thousands of Americans died or became ill. “It omits the fact that the moon also downplayed the threat,” the group wrote.
A separate fact-finding study by the group found, “Fact: Extremist lawmakers and Supreme Court justices deny access to deeply personal health care decisions that are supported by the majority of Americans across party lines and all faith backgrounds.” It’s restricted,” he said.
Much of Butker’s speech urged graduates to be “authentic and unapologetically Catholic” and to hold to traditional values. But a GLAAD fact check found Butker’s “general statements about Catholics” suggest that he has “done more in supporting LGBTQ people and welcoming LGBTQ people into the church than any other pope in history.” “I have taken it,” he pointed out, contradicting Pope Francis’ papal authority.
“American Catholics have supported marriage for same-sex couples at consistently higher rates than the general population over the past two decades,” the group wrote.
Religious group says Chief Harrison Butterker ‘didn’t say anything wrong’ in faith-based commencement address
GLAAD criticized and fact-checked NFL star Harrison Butker’s speech.
Butker’s speech, which seems to have drawn the most scrutiny from traditional media as well as social media backlash, was when he told the women in the audience that they were the “most devilish people” in society. It was the part where he said, “These are people who have been lied to.” to you. “
“I think it’s you, the women, who have told the most diabolical lies,” Butker said.
“How many of you who are sitting here right now, about to go through this stage, are thinking about all the promotions and titles you will get in your career? Some of you will lead successful careers in the world. “I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you’re about to bring into the world,” he said.
“While some of you may go on to successful careers in the world, I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into the world. “My beautiful wife, Isabel, will be the first to say that her life really began when she began fulfilling her duties as a wife and mother,” he said. said.
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NFL star Harrison Butker’s Benedict College speech focused on more conservative family values and raised eyebrows as he declared conservative politics and Catholicism, but in May At the graduation ceremony on Saturday, the 11th, he received a standing ovation from the graduates and other attendees. (AP photo)
Butker began his speech by asserting that “for most of us” their calling is to be “married men and women.”
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“It’s only in the last few years that I’ve become more bold and outspoken because, as I said, I’ve leaned into my calling as a husband, as a father, as a man.” he said.
Fox News’ Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
