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Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker Quotes Taylor Swift in Controversial Commencement Speech

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is facing criticism for the commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Joe Biden's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. Butker, who has made his conservative Catholic beliefs well known, began his address by attacking what he called "dangerous gender ideologies" in an apparent reference to Pride month, which has been celebrated in June since the Stonewall riots in 1969. "One of the worst parts of this NFL player's awful speech is that he quoted a Taylor Swift song before telling women they should be homemakers and serve their man's career," OutSports wrote in a social media post.

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