{"id":2246060,"date":"2024-05-16T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-to-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:27:19","slug":"tolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-to-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-to-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000\/","title":{"rendered":"The Progressive Left Launches Petition to Remove Conservative KC Chiefs Kicker, Gains 110,000 Signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ftolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-to-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000%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=2246060&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>Seething leftists have initiated a petition to pressure the Kansas City Chiefs to\u200d dismiss three-time Super Bowl champion kicker Harrison Butker due to his recent remarks on abortion, gender ideology, and President Joe Biden. The petition, titled &#8220;Demand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory \u200dRemarks,&#8221; has garnered over 111,000 signatures. \u200bSeething leftists are urging the Kansas City Chiefs to fire \u200dthree-time\u200d Super Bowl champion \u2064kicker Harrison \u2063Butker over his comments \u2063on abortion, gender ideology, and \u200cPresident Joe\u200b Biden. The petition, &#8220;Demand\u2063 the Kansas \u200bCity Chiefs to\u200d Dismiss \u2064Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks,&#8221; has amassed over \u2062111,000\u2062 signatures.  <\/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\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/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 16, 2024 at 9:15am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Seething leftists have started a petition to try to force the Kansas City Chiefs to release three-time Super Bowl champion kicker Harrison Butker from the team over comments he made last week about abortion, gender ideology and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The same kind of people you would assume are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/university-florida-puts-columbia-shame-perfect-statement-arresting-agitators-not-daycare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting<\/a> the repressive ideas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-cotton-bidens-position-hamas-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> in Gaza are fuming after Butker offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-commencement-address-support-murder-innocent-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a moving commencement speech<\/a> last Saturday at a Catholic university in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/case-missing-kansas-women-takes-dark-turn-four-people-arrested-murder-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old told graduates of Benedictine College in the city of Atchison that they should avoid becoming of the world and instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legalization-of-polygamy-was-always-the-logical-consequence-of-obergefell\/\" title=\"Polygamy was inevitable after Obergefell.\">champion traditional values<\/a> and stay true to their faith.<\/p>\n<p>Days after Butker made statements that just a few years ago would have been far from controversial, a petition on Change.org is calling on him to pay dearly for using his free speech on his own time while addressing people who, like him, are champions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dc-cardinal-reveals-assessment-biden-picks-chooses-dimensions-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/demand-the-kansas-city-chiefs-to-dismiss-harrison-butker-for-discriminatory-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The petition<\/a>, called \u201cDemand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks,\u201d was launched on Monday, and it had received more than 111,000 signatures as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe harmful remarks made by Harrison Butker, kicker of the Kansas City Chiefs, during his commencement address at Benedictine College were unacceptable,\u201d the petition began.<\/p>\n<p>It added, \u201cHis comments were sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist. These dehumanizing remarks against LGBTQ+ individuals, attacks on abortion rights and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-melt-down-over-nfl-kickers-speech-slamming-biden-lgbtq-pride-petition-demands-team-dismiss-him\/\" title=\"Leftists outraged by NFL kicker's speech criticizing Biden and LGBTQ pride; petition calls for his dismissal\">racial discrimination perpetuate division<\/a> and undermine human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The petition went on to call Butker\u2019s popular opinions on lifestyles, the preservation of human life and sanity \u201cunacceptable\u201d and a threat to \u201csocial progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willard Harris, who launched the petition, went as far as to connect Butker to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amid-violent-crime-wave-biden-doj-turns-attention-hate-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate crimes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should the Chiefs fire Butker for his comments?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to note that these types of discriminatory attitudes contribute significantly towards societal issues such as hate crimes which have been on the rise in recent years,\u201d the petition stated.<\/p>\n<p>The bonkers petition concluded, \u201cWe call upon the Kansas City Chiefs management to dismiss Harrison Butker immediately for his inappropriate conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A browse through some of the comments on the petition showed many of those who signed it were women who were enraged that the issue of abortion is now a local one.<\/p>\n<p>The end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/looks-like-roe-v-wades-demise-saved-many-lives-state-sees-dramatic-99-decrease-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>  means their babies cannot be as easily butchered as they could have just two years ago, as terminating a pregnancy is no longer a form of birth control in many states.<\/p>\n<p>One of many commenters \u2014 whom you would assume does not watch football \u2014 wrote, \u201cAs a woman living in a post-Roe America, I\u2019m exhausted from men telling women what to do with their lives. Enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, what did Butker say that was so \u201crepressive\u201d and dehumanizing?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irate-leftists-wage-war-chiefs-star-kicker-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NFL star<\/a> called out abortion what it is, which is murder. He also ripped hypocrites within the Catholic church \u2014 people such as Biden \u2014 for supporting radical gender ideology and the LGBT movement.<\/p>\n<p>In a shot at the societal embrace of \u201cpride,\u201d Butker told Benedictine graduates they should be proud of their school.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \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<\/p>\n<p>Butker also admonished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-biden-comes-fire-invoking-jesus-promoting-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>, a professed Catholic, for making the sign of the cross at a pro-abortion event in Florida last month.<\/p>\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 Cheifs kicker said.<\/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 \u2014 they are Catholic,\u201d Butker also stated.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that the country is led by people and movements that promote \u201cdegenerate cultural values\u201d that he said are based in \u201cdisorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of what the young husband and father of two said was remotely on the fringe. Millions of Americans share those same ideas about abortion, damaging gender ideologies and the sin of \u201cpride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the left has gone so far off the deep end that expressing normal, rational and faithful ideas is now considered so repugnant that even hearing such opinions is driving people who once claimed to practice tolerance insane with rage.<\/p>\n<p>These people want Butker canceled and exiled for his perceived thought crimes against infanticide, lewdness and deviancy.<\/p>\n<p>The petition and its support are a perfect snapshot of the moment we are living in. The modern left no longer wishes to live in a country with basic freedoms, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-governor-criminalizes-free-speech-law-establishing-soviet-style-snitch-hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the First Amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They want Butker severely punished for daring to challenge their ideas, and if they got their way, they wouldn\u2019t stop with him.<\/p>\n<p>These people want a world where any and all opposition to them is rooted out and squashed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all the more reason for rational, well-meaning people to wake up each day and live lives of virtue and to show their public support for young men like Butker, who is willing to take the arrows.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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