{"id":2245917,"date":"2024-05-16T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-melt-down-over-nfl-kickers-speech-slamming-biden-lgbtq-pride-petition-demands-team-dismiss-him\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:15:06","slug":"leftists-melt-down-over-nfl-kickers-speech-slamming-biden-lgbtq-pride-petition-demands-team-dismiss-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-melt-down-over-nfl-kickers-speech-slamming-biden-lgbtq-pride-petition-demands-team-dismiss-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists outraged by NFL kicker&#8217;s speech criticizing Biden and LGBTQ pride; petition calls for his dismissal"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fleftists-melt-down-over-nfl-kickers-speech-slamming-biden-lgbtq-pride-petition-demands-team-dismiss-him%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=2245917&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>Leftists express anger over NFL kicker \u2062Harrison Butker&#8217;s controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. A \u200cpetition\u200d with 100,000+ signatures urges the Kansas City Chiefs to dismiss him for his\u2063 remarks on Biden, LGBTQ Pride, and abortion. Despite his success as a top NFL kicker, the petition criticizes his comments as divisive and\u2064 harmful. Leftists are outraged by NFL\u2062 kicker Harrison Butker&#8217;s contentious speech at Benedictine College. A petition with over 100,000 signatures\u200d urges\u2064 the \u2064Kansas City Chiefs\u2062 to\u2062 remove him due\u200c to his comments on Biden, LGBTQ Pride, and \u200babortion. Despite his achievements as a leading NFL kicker, the petition denounces his \u2064remarks \u2062as divisive and \u2063harmful.  <\/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<p>Leftists are enraged after Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-kicker-slams-biden-and-dei-in-commencement-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commencement address<\/a> at Benedictine College went viral earlier this week, and a petition calling for the Catholic player to be dismissed collected over 100,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion, delivered the commencement address at the Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, last weekend. During the address, he pulled no punches, calling out President Joe Biden\u2019s support for abortion and criticizing LGBTQ \u201cPride month.\u201d A Change.org <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/demand-the-kansas-city-chiefs-to-dismiss-harrison-butker-for-discriminatory-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a> created on Monday now calls on the Chiefs to \u201cDismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-27\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 27)\">harmful remarks made<\/a> by Harrison Butker, kicker of the Kansas City Chiefs, during his commencement address at Benedictine College were unacceptable. His comments were sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist,\u201d the petition states. \u201cThese dehumanizing remarks against LGBTQ+ individuals, attacks on abortion rights and racial discrimination perpetuate division and undermine human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Change.org petition, which has a 150,000-signature goal, has reached over 106,000 signatures as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Butker has proven himself to be one of the best kickers in the league. He is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/leaders\/fg_perc_career.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd<\/a> in NFL history in all-time field goal percentage at 89.1%, and he led the league in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-roundup-cowboys-win-4th-straight-defeat-defending-super-bowl-champ-rams\/\" title=\"NFL roundup: Cowboys win 4th straight, defeat defending Super Bowl champ Rams\">made field goals<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-a-left-wing-citys-refusal-to-honor-veterans-day-reminds-us-that-patriotism-must-be-taught\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: A Left-Wing City\u2019s Refusal to Honor Veterans Day Reminds Us That Patriotism Must Be Taught\">pro-abortion rally<\/a>,\u201d Butker said in the speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I\u2019m sure to many people, it appears you can be both Catholic and pro-choice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>At another point in the speech, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-butker-draws-ire-after-slamming-pride-month-as-deadly-sin\/\" title=\"Harrison Butker criticized for calling Pride Month a 'deadly sin\">kicker called<\/a> out the \u201cdeadly sin sort of pride that has a month dedicated to it\u201d and blasted those \u201cbehind 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,\u201d adding \u201cthey all have a glaring thing in common \u2014 they are Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715771734791000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3RAccFxpm5CI2m5KR1E_Ul\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn\u2019t cut it,\u201d Butker told the graduating class.<\/p>\n<p>Many people on social media also got riled up over Butker\u2019s advice for the Catholic women who were about to walk across the aisle, telling them that \u201cit cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL\u2019s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer released a statement, distancing the league from Butker\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity,\u201d Jonathan Beane told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/harrison-butker-nfl-does-not-share-views-in-graduation-speech-8649229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEOPLE<\/a>. \u201cHis views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftists are furious over Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker&#8217;s viral commencement speech at Benedictine College. A petition with 100,000+ signatures demands the Catholic player&#8217;s dismissal. Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion, spoke at the Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2245918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1999165796-1-scaled-e1715871578110.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1999165796-1-scaled-e1715871578110.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}