{"id":2244728,"date":"2024-05-14T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T02:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-butker-draws-ire-after-slamming-pride-month-as-deadly-sin\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T22:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T02:15:34","slug":"harrison-butker-draws-ire-after-slamming-pride-month-as-deadly-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-butker-draws-ire-after-slamming-pride-month-as-deadly-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Butker criticized for calling Pride Month a &#8216;deadly sin"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fharrison-butker-draws-ire-after-slamming-pride-month-as-deadly-sin%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=2244728&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>Kansas\u200d City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker \u200bsparked controversy with remarks \u2063during a \u200bcommencement address \u200bat \u200cBenedictine College,\u200d criticizing Pride Month\u2062 and church leaders. \u200dHis\u2064 comments on the sin of pride \u200band contrasting\u200c it with God-centered pride triggered backlash, with LGBT activist Justice Horn expressing offense. Butker&#8217;s statements \u2063drew mixed reactions, highlighting\u2064 divergent views within the community.  <\/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<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kansas-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kansas City\">Kansas City<\/a> Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-JS7RIKSaCc?si=tWkEvBdJFDpiVQIN&#038;t=620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"delivered a commencement address\">delivered a commencement address<\/a> at Benedictine College that chided Pride Month and shared tough criticism of church leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis class, this generation, in this time in our society must stop pretending that the things we see around us are normal,\u201d Butker said to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Catholic\">Catholic<\/a> liberal arts college over the weekend in Atchison, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>In speaking of the deadly sin of pride, he took a shot at Pride Month, which is celebrated each year in the month of June as it commemorates lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-during-commencement-address-for-his-support-for-the-murder-of-innocent-babies\/\" title=\"Super Bowl Champion Criticizes Biden for Supporting Abortion\">deadly sins sort<\/a> of \u2018pride\u2019 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 he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harrison Butker | Commencement Address 2024 | Benedictine College\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JS7RIKSaCc?start=620&#038;feature=oembed\" 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<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"LGBT\">LGBT<\/a> activist Justice Horn took offense at the football star\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrison Butker doesn\u2019t represent Kansas City nor has he ever. Kansas City has always been a place that welcomes, affirms, and embraces our LGBTQ+ community members,\u201d Horn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusticeHorn_\/status\/1790382449450516897\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Harrison Butker doesn\u2019t represent Kansas City nor has he ever. Kansas City has always been a place that welcomes, affirms, and embraces our LGBTQ+ community members. \ud83c\udf08 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vZ14SXgb6\">pic.twitter.com\/4vZ14SXgb6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justice Horn (@JusticeHorn_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusticeHorn_\/status\/1790382449450516897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Chiefs kicker called on students to stand up for Catholic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world around us says that we should keep our beliefs to ourselves whenever they go against the tyranny of diversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d Butker said. \u201cWe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californians-are-terrified-to-say-what-everyone-knows-about-trans-athletes-in-girls-sports\/\" title=\"Californians Fear Speaking Truth About Trans Athletes in Girls' Sports\">fear speaking truth<\/a> because now, unfortunately, truth is in the minority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butker had some tough words for priests needing to be held to a higher standard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, many priests we are looking to for leadership are the same ones who prioritize their hobbies or even photos with their dogs and matching outfits for the parish directory. It\u2019s easy for us laymen and women to think that in order for us to be holy that we must be active in our parish and try to fix it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old athlete added more criticism of the church\u2019s handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw during the pandemic that too many bishops were not leaders at all and they were motivated by fear of being sued,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir actions, intentional or unintentional, showed that the sacraments don\u2019t actually matter because countless people died alone without access to the sacraments, and it\u2019s a tragedy we must never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The football star took aim at hypocritical Catholics pushing dangerous ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the man behind the COVID lockdowns to the <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\">people pushing dangerous gender ideologies<\/a> onto the youth of America, they all have a glaring thing in common: They are Catholic. This is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn\u2019t cut it,\u201d Butker explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the sorts of things we are told in polite society to not bring up. You know the difficult and unpleasant things, but if we are going to be men and women for this time in history, we need to stop pretending that the \u2018Church of nice\u2019 is a winning proposition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker stirred controversy with comments during his commencement speech at Benedictine College. He criticized Pride Month and urged societal change, calling on the younger generation to challenge what they perceive as normal. 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