{"id":2244267,"date":"2024-05-14T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-during-commencement-address-for-his-support-for-the-murder-of-innocent-babies\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:37:32","slug":"super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-during-commencement-address-for-his-support-for-the-murder-of-innocent-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-during-commencement-address-for-his-support-for-the-murder-of-innocent-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl Champion Criticizes Biden for Supporting Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuper-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-during-commencement-address-for-his-support-for-the-murder-of-innocent-babies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NFL kicker Harrison Butker criticized President Joe Biden&#8217;s stance \u200con Catholic values during a commencement address at\u200d a Kansas Catholic\u200c university.\u2062 Butker highlighted the country&#8217;s cultural \u2062decline,\u200d questioning Biden&#8217;s\u2063 support for abortion and\u200c LGBT issues. He encouraged graduates \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-book-mike-johnson-held-onto-before-becoming-speaker-says-a-lot-about-him\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson's Blue Book reveals much about him prior to becoming Speaker.\">uphold traditional values<\/a> and \u200cbravely face the challenges \u200dahead. NFL \u2062kicker Harrison Butker recently took a stand \u200bagainst President Joe Biden&#8217;s views on Catholic values at a Kansas Catholic university&#8217;s commencement address.\u200d Butker raised concerns \u200dabout \u200cthe nation&#8217;s cultural decline, specifically addressing \u2064Biden&#8217;s \u2064positions on abortion \u2064and LGBT matters. He emphasized the importance of upholding traditional values and urged graduates to confront upcoming challenges courageously.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 14, 2024 at 9:25am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>NFL kicker Harrison Butker, a champion on and off the field, shredded President Joe Biden and touched on the country\u2019s cultural decline during a commencement address Saturday at a Catholic university in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-butkers-ot-field-goal-lifts-chiefs-past-ravens-27-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs star<\/a> ridiculed Biden for claiming to uphold Catholic values while championing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rfk-jr-says-full-term-abortions-allowed-doesnt-want-leave-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Butker also took a shot at LGBT \u201cpride\u201d and transgenderism while addressing students at Benedictine College in the city of Atchison, about 50 miles northwest of Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Just three months after helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chiefs-star-turns-god-super-bowl-parade-marred-shooting-join-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his team<\/a> win a second consecutive Super Bowl, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/bio\/_\/id\/3055899\/harrison-butker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">28-year-old kicker<\/a> championed traditional values in a speech to students who are about to head out into a world that looks much different than it did just a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a group, you witnessed firsthand how bad leaders who don\u2019t stay in their lane can have a negative impact on society,\u201d Butker told the young people whose high school careers were upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile COVID might have played a large role throughout your formative years, it is not unique,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/super-bowl-champ-message-written-tie-stood-behind-biden-wh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">husband and father<\/a> continued,\u00a0\u201cBad policies and poor leadership have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-kicker-slams-biden-and-dei-in-commencement-speech\/\" title=\"Chiefs Kicker Criticizes Biden and DEI in Speech\">negatively impacted major life issues<\/a>. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media \u2014 all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butker then took a shot at Biden, who disgustingly gestured the cross last month at a pro-abortion rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-biden-comes-fire-invoking-jesus-promoting-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unreal.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden makes the Sign of the Cross at a pro-abortion rally.<\/p>\n<p>No Catholic should ever invoke God to excuse and promote killing innocent children in the womb.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RH8jnFcLqs\">pic.twitter.com\/RH8jnFcLqs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Lulis (@annamlulis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annamlulis\/status\/1782920077417087452?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blessed-god-2-time-super-bowl-champ-gives-excellent-advice-graduates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Tech<\/a> alum said.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing his takedown of Biden, the kicker added, \u201cHe has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I\u2019m sure to many people it appears that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to include other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/god-help-us-growing-majority-catholics-believe-abortion-legal-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholics<\/a> who support the cancers that are contributing to the country\u2019s cultural decline \u2014 including those who claim people can change from female to male and male to female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the man behind the COVID lockdowns to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-player-rips-biden-for-murder-of-innocent-babies-at-college-commencement-speech\/\" title=\"NFL player criticizes Biden for stance on abortion at college graduation ceremony\">people pushing dangerous gender ideologies<\/a> onto the youth of America, they all have a glaring thing in common \u2014 they are Catholic,\u201d Butker said. \u201cThis is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the sorts of things we\u2019re told in polite society to not bring up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JS7RIKSaCc?si=EasaH6tniXwl1VcN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Butker then encouraged his audience of college graduates to go out and change the world rather than become of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to stop pretending that \u2018the church of nice\u2019 is a winning proposition,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must always speak and act in charity but never mistake charity for cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butker wasn\u2019t finished there.<\/p>\n<p>He also shredded the LGBT \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/probably-know-20-companies-know-lgbt-pride-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pride<\/a>\u201d movement, which will fire up its messaging machine in the coming weeks to push its agenda on the country throughout the month of June.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL star praised Benedictine College for embracing the teachings of Scripture and not sitting idly by and blending in.<\/p>\n<p>He said the students should take \u201cpride\u201d in their institution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you a fan of Harrison Butker?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNot the deadly sins sort of pride that has an entire month dedicated to it, but the true, God-centered pride that is cooperating with the holy ghost to glorify him,\u201d Butker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the complete surrender of self and a turning towards Christ, you will find happiness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Butker is known for his precise kicks on the field, but for the second year in a row, he threaded the needle when addressing the country\u2019s youth during a commencement address.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/super-bowl-champion-stuns-public-school-graduates-hard-truths-god-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he addressed<\/a> students at his alma mater at Georgia Tech and reminded graduates that worldly success \u2014 including his own \u2014 is \u201ctemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that people entering out into the world should be brave and \u201cget married and start a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FmjRf9GhL7I?si=RIbFL_FZWl72y9xn&#038;start=5930\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to believe, given his wisdom and leadership, that Butker won\u2019t turn 30 until next summer.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Super Bowl champion continues to display the kind of wisdom you would expect of a man twice his age, and he understands the issues facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/can-christians-agree-gospel-live-world-antagonistic-biblical-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> and Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Students and anyone else tuning in are blessed he continues to use his voice to share that wisdom during a time when the truth is so often considered taboo.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL kicker Harrison Butker criticized President Joe Biden&#8217;s stance on Catholic values during a commencement address at a Kansas Catholic university. The Kansas City Chiefs star highlighted the country&#8217;s cultural decline, questioning Biden&#8217;s consistency with Catholic principles. 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