{"id":2249207,"date":"2024-05-21T04:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-american-institutions-were-morally-neutral-harrison-butker-wouldnt-have-struck-a-nerve\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T04:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:08:37","slug":"if-american-institutions-were-morally-neutral-harrison-butker-wouldnt-have-struck-a-nerve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-american-institutions-were-morally-neutral-harrison-butker-wouldnt-have-struck-a-nerve\/","title":{"rendered":"If American Institutions Were Ethically Neutral, Harrison Butker&#8217;s Impact Would Be Different"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fif-american-institutions-were-morally-neutral-harrison-butker-wouldnt-have-struck-a-nerve%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=2249207&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>Harrison Butker, a devout Catholic and Kansas City Chiefs\u2064 kicker, sparked controversy at Benedictine College for his traditional Catholic beliefs. He criticized\u2062 liberal concepts, advocating for \u2063traditional values. Leftists criticized\u200d him, even the NFL condemned his views. The division \u200cbetween woke ideologies and conservative beliefs\u200d is evident,\u2062 highlighting\u200b the\u200c clash of values in society. Harrison Butker,\u2063 a devoted Catholic\u200c and kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, stirred controversy at Benedictine College by\u2064 upholding traditional Catholic beliefs and criticizing\u200c liberal ideals. \u2062His stance led to criticism from\u200b the left and even condemnation from the NFL, underscoring the \u2063clash between woke ideologies and conservative values in society.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Harrison Butker, a devout Catholic and professional kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, has stirred up a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/other\/chiefs-harrison-butker-strikes-against-pride-month-lauds-wifes-role-as-homemaker\/ar-BB1mn5pW?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversy<\/a> with remarks made during a commencement address at Benedictine College, a small Catholic institution located in Atchison, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/harrison-butker-speech-at-benedictine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech<\/a>, steeped in traditional Catholic beliefs, Butker took aim at a variety of untouchable tenets of liberal orthodoxy \u2014 including \u201cPride Month,\u201d which he called a \u201cdeadly sin,\u201d while warning about the threat from \u201cdangerous gender ideologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-208593788\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cf43e7df41e3a945126ac1fe0cf109ce fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cf43e7df41e3a945126ac1fe0cf109ce\"><\/div>\n<p>After praising his wife, Isabelle, stating that she \u201cwould be the first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother,\u201d he had the gall to suggest that the women in the graduating class could also aspire to assume \u201cone of the most important titles of all, homemaker,\u201d instead of climbing the corporate ladder. <\/p>\n<p>Not content to stop there, he turned the heresy dial up to 11 when he told men to \u201cbe unapologetic in your masculinity\u201d and fight \u201cagainst the cultural emasculation of men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, leftists across the nation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/opinion\/the-chiefs-harrison-butker-just-went-full-handmaid-s-tale-on-us\/ar-BB1msEeX?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">lost<\/a> their collective minds at these assertions. Butker\u2019s employer, the NFL, once known for its masculinity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/sports\/2024\/05\/nfl-condemns-chiefs-butkers-controversial-grad-speech-against-lgbtq-pride-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a> his speech and stated that \u201chis views are not those of the NFL as an organization\u201d and that the \u201cNFL is steadfast in its commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that Butker\u2019s speech did not just offend the personal preferences and behaviors of various individuals, groups, and corporations; rather, it was nothing short of blasphemy against our state-sanctioned religion of wokeness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ce7c2e034552f4fcd3dc2246bebfbe37 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ce7c2e034552f4fcd3dc2246bebfbe37\"><\/div>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, the famed \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d has always been a lie. The left, with the assistance of many \u201cclassical liberals\u201d within the conservative right, has used Thomas Jefferson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/loc\/lcib\/9806\/danpre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to the Danbury Baptists as a cudgel to beat traditional Christian values out of American society to make room for our new rainbow religion.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a drive for \u201cinclusivity\u201d and \u201cequality\u201d within the fringes of society has now grown into a quest for supremacy within American culture. Of course, this was always inevitable. While conservatives have been preaching \u201climited government\u201d and \u201cneutrality\u201d within the marketplace of ideas and our laws, the left has spent decades amassing power and brainwashing the masses.<\/p>\n<p>By now, it should be abundantly clear that neutrality within a given political and legal order is a myth.<\/p>\n<p>This fact will be painfully clear as we approach June, when both government and private corporations across the country openly endorse the ever-expanding \u201cpride\u201d movement, revealing how contemporary, \u201csecular\u201d perspectives have assumed religious attributes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bd359c9525b031988668f5f7210aaaa8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bd359c9525b031988668f5f7210aaaa8\"><\/div>\n<p>Numerous public and private entities, along with educational systems nationwide, have not only embraced LGBT ideological principles but integrated them into state curriculums, along with other leftist ideologies such as critical race theory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory-has-only-just-begun\/\" title=\"GOP: The Fight Against Critical Race Theory Has Only Just Begun\">radical gender ideology<\/a>, \u201cenvironmental, social, and governance\u201d standards, \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d and \u201csocial and emotional learning.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While many in the woke congregation are true believers and endorse these concepts as sacraments, others feel compelled to pledge fealty to avoid potential repercussions for noncompliance, such as firing, legal ramifications, public backlash, or a company\u2019s diminished standing on the Corporate Equality Index.<\/p>\n<p>Does any of this sound \u201cneutral\u201d to you?<\/p>\n<p>Despite recognizing the detrimental effects of \u201cwoke\u201d ideology on society, many conservatives, out of fear of the backlash Harrison Butker is receiving right now, remain hesitant to advocate for an alternative worldview. Rather than directly addressing morally questionable ideas and fighting to implement a culture consistent with conservative values, conservatives have traditionally advocated for impartiality and a \u201cprivate\u201d form of conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>But this has always been a fool\u2019s errand.<\/p>\n<p>If a devoted Catholic can\u2019t espouse Catholic values within the walls of a Catholic college without mass condemnation, there is no place to which conservatives can retreat where the left won\u2019t find them and <em>make<\/em> them conform.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s the way forward? As Founding Father John Adams rightly understood, \u201cOur Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people,\u201d and anything falling short of that standard risks the collapse of not only self-governance but our culture at large.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, today, it is safe to say that America is no longer inhabited by a moral and religious people.<\/p>\n<p>To reinvigorate and reshape American politics, the right must adopt strategies similar to the left. They must actively champion and safeguard their moral values and promote a more assertive brand of conservatism that directly confronts and engages the tenets of leftist culture.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative politicians should not only emulate the rhetorical style and substance of figures like Butker but also translate such rhetoric into positive political initiatives. For example, while you cannot make someone become a homemaker, incentivizing Americans to have children like Hungary has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hungary-income-tax-new-moms-encourage-women-children-birth-rates-2023-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted<\/a> to do can turn right-wing platitudes about the importance of family formation into concrete legislation and, hopefully, positive results.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to recent conservative\u00a0(particularly libertarian) perspectives, politics and law have the capacity to influence culture. Laws have always shaped morality to some degree. Consequently, governments within red states must not shy away from legislating right-wing cultural values.<\/p>\n<p>Neutrality within our society has always been a myth because a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-feed-3-6-24\/\" title=\"Daily Feed 03\/06\/24\">specific moral framework<\/a> or understanding of societal well-being inevitably influences a state\u2019s actions. Therefore, simply opposing the status quo through rhetoric is inadequate for those on the right. They must articulate their vision and demonstrate the political will to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-warns-democrats-about-eliminating-filibuster\/\" title=\"Sen. McConnell warns Democrats about eliminating filibuster\">enact conservative policies<\/a> throughout America, understanding that any effort to speak out against the prevailing liberal order or, heaven forbid, regulate individual choice or \u201cfreedom\u201d through legislation will be seen as authoritarian or \u201cfascist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But threats from the Democrat outrage mob shouldn\u2019t stop American conservative politicians from doing everything they can to repair America\u2019s moral fabric. Now is not the time for conservatives to retreat into the comfort of fictional neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>Let Harrison Butker\u2019s example be a call to arms to assertively champion conservative values and reshape our political landscape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-75f3f47ce284a76830d375092e3b7cda fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-75f3f47ce284a76830d375092e3b7cda\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrison Butker, a devout Catholic and kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, sparked controversy with comments during a commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. 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