Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a devout Catholic, issued a stern warning to Olympic organizers who allowed a drag queen to perform a parody of “The Last Supper” during Friday’s opening ceremony in Paris, saying “God shall not be mocked.”
Midway through the opening ceremony, the audience saw a group of transgender people and drag queens gather at a table and perform a parody of the Last Supper.
The Olympics are supposed to be a place of mutual respect and a coming together of people from all over the world. It is unacceptable that the opening ceremony mocked Christianity and the Last Supper and featured children in a drag queen performance. pic.twitter.com/mRBkKEYeYY
— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) July 27, 2024
Butker, an outspoken defender of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) and Christianity in general, quoted a passage from the Bible in response to the grotesque scene.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to the flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Galatians 6:7-8 pic.twitter.com/bhCHoO1HXk
— Harrison Buttker (@buttkicker7) July 26, 2024
The parody also drew strong condemnation from French bishops, who wrote that “Christians of all continents are hurt by the outrage and provocation of this event.” Said They deeply deplored “the spectacle of ridicule and mockery of Christianity.”
American Bishop Robert Barron also condemned the exhibit, calling it a “horrible mockery of Christianity.”
“France, in its attempt to do its best culturally, clearly felt it was right to ridicule a very central moment in Christianity, when Jesus offered his body and blood at the Last Supper in anticipation of the crucifixion,” Baron said. video I posted it on X (formerly Twitter).
“This is being presented as a gross and flippant mockery,” he added.
Thomas Joly, the Frenchman who oversaw the opening ceremony, said his aim was to change the way the world sees France.
“What’s surprising is that the French and the rest of the world have a certain idea of what France is like, and I want to harness that idea. I want to start by breaking the clichés, because clichés come with other things,” he said.
Certainly, he did not succeed.
