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NFL Speaks Out Against Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker's Controversial Speech

The Kansas City Chiefs kicker is facing criticism for a controversial commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College.

"Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity," Jonathan Beane, the NFL's senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, told People in a statement. 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," LGBTQ+ publication OutSports wrote in a post on X.

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