Catholic League President Bill Donahue has come to the defense of Kansas City Chiefs star kicker Harrison Butker, who has come under fire for promoting Catholic values in a speech at Catholic University.
Dr. Donahue says Butker is being ‘bashed’ Notefor criticizing gender ideology, surrogacy, euthanasia, abortion, and vocally supporting the vocation to marriage in a commencement address at a Benedictine college.
For example, the notoriously bigoted Associated Press reported in a series that Benedictine universities are “part of a group of conservative Catholic universities that tout their adherence to the teachings and practices of the Church and are part of a larger conservative movement.” Donahue points out that this raised some red flags. A movement within the Catholic Church in the United States. ”
Georgetown is considered a good Catholic university by the Associated Press, with “two pro-abortion clubs on campus and a segregated graduation ceremony for transgender students,” Donahue said. added.
In a scathing indictment of the mainstream media, Donahue said that if Mr. Butker had “supported transgenderism, or Hamas, he would have been celebrated to the heavens by now.”
“The three targets of the attack are Butker College, Benedictine College, and the Catholic Church. Make no mistake, the war on Butker is driven by anti-Catholicism,” Donahue suggests.
USA Today’s Mike Freeman took issue with Butker’s suggestion that many women have a calling for marriage and children.
“Her calling? Really? Did she slip into a time machine and go back to the 1950s?” Freeman askI’m appalled.
Donahue, a professional sociologist, points out that Freeman, not Butker, is actually the one who has no contact with real Americans.
In a 2019 Gallup poll, 50 percent of women with children under 18 said they would rather stay home, while only 45 percent disagreed, Donahue wrote.
The left also cannot forgive Butker for criticizing Joe Biden, who identifies as Catholic, for making the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally. One bishop called this “blasphemous.”
with follow up column On May 17, Donahue posted a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell condemning the NFL’s decision to distance itself from Harrison Butker.
“Harrison Butker represents millions of Americans, not all of whom are Catholic,” Donahue wrote. “The disrespect you have shown towards him, Benedictine College and Catholicism is disgusting.”
