Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker faced intense criticism this offseason for a faith-based speech he gave at Benedictine University's commencement ceremony.
Butker urged the female graduates to embrace being “housewives” and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Biden's stance on abortion.[T]Issues such as abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, and growing support for corrupt cultural values and media all stem from the spread of disorder.”
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker celebrates after scoring against the Chicago Bears on Aug. 22, 2024. (Denny Medley – USA Today Sports)
Super Bowl winning head coach Tony Dungy said this in an interview with Outkick. “Don't attack me with Dan Dakich.” He thought his critics had misunderstood his remarks.
“I thought it was taken completely out of context… If you listen to what he said, there's nothing offensive about it,” Dungey said. “He said that a lot of these women are going to have great careers, but some of them, and many of them, may find that the most meaningful thing in life is raising children. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.”
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Tony Dungy (Chris Unger/Getty Images/File)
“I've accomplished a lot and received a lot of universal praise, and the most meaningful thing in my life has been raising my children, so I don't think there was anything wrong with saying that. Maybe they didn't like the way he said it, and it was addressed to a different cultural audience, and I understand that. He was speaking in a limited context to a very limited audience, and I thought it was taken very out of context.”
Dungey believes in God and understands some of the criticism because of the way he speaks about the Bible.
“I don't think there's necessarily a right way to say it for a lot of people. I know I'll get flak for it because I'm a Christian. And sometimes I pull out those values and say this is what the Bible says and this is where I stand. [and if] “They will get angry because people don't believe the Bible and they don't want to hear it,” he said.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (Denny Medley – USA Today Sports)
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“But that's the way I speak and where I stand and I think Harrison does the same. So whenever you talk about what the Bible teaches, there are always going to be people who get upset about it. They'll say keep it out of sports, keep it out of politics, keep your religious beliefs to yourself. Unfortunately for them, I'm not going to do that. So sometimes that gets people flak.”
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