Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker discovered himself coping with a whirlwind of criticism within the offseason for his faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College.
Butker urged feminine graduates to embrace being a “homemaker” and criticized the LGBTQ group and President Biden for his stance on abortion. He added, “[T]hings like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder.”
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker celebrates after scoring towards the Chicago Bears on Aug. 22, 2024. (Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)
Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy stated in an interview on OutKickâs “Donât @ Me with Dan Dakich” that he thought critics misinterpreted what he stated.
“I thought it was taken totally out of context ⦠if you listen to what he was saying there wasnât anything to be offended by,” Dungy stated. “He stated a whole lot of these girls are going to have nice careers, however a few of them and lots of of them may discover that their most significant factor in life is parenting, and I donât suppose there may be something mistaken with that.
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Tony Dungy (Chris Unger/Getty Images/File)
“Iâve done a lot of things and got a lot of accolades that the world would put on you and the most meaningful thing in my life has been parenting. So, I donât think there was anything wrong with saying that. They probably didnât like the way he said it, and it was directed, you know, to a cross-cultural audience. I get all of that. He was speaking to a very limited audience in a limited context, and I thought it got taken way out of context.”
Dungy understood a number of the criticism due to his perception in God and the best way he talks about the Bible.
“I donât think there is necessarily a right way to say it for a lot of people. Iâm a Christian, I know thatâs why I take heat, and sometimes when you elicit those values and say this is what the Bible says and this is what I stand on, [and if] people donât believe in the Bible, and they donât want to hear that, then they are going to be upset,” he stated.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)
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“But thatâs the way I talk, thatâs what I stand on, and I think Harrison is the same way. And so if youâre talking about biblical principles, thereâs always going to be some people that get offended by that, and they say keep that out of our sport, keep that out of politics, keep your religious beliefs to yourself; and unfortunately for them, Iâm not going to do that. So, that comes across as being unlikeable sometimes.”
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