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All the Fallout From Harrison Butker's Controversial Graduation Speech

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker faced backlash following his controversial graduation speech at Benedictine College

Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker’s commencement speech was not only a clear miss, it was inaccurate, ill-informed, and woefully out of step with Americans about Pride, LGBTQ people and women,” read a statement from GLAAD on Wednesday, May 15. The statement continued: “Instead, Butker’s remarks undermine experiences not of his own and reveal him to be one who goes against his own team’s commitment to the Kansas City community, and the NFL’s standards for respect, inclusion, and diversity across the League.” “The harmful remarks made by Harrison Butker, kicker of the Kansas City Chiefs, during his commencement address at Benedictine College were unacceptable,” the petition description read.

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