Kansas City Chief’ Harrison Butker rails against Pride month in commencement speech

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Thousands are demanding the Kansas City Chiefs release kicker Harrison Butker after he railed against President Joe Biden, the LGBTQ community and “diabolical lies told to women” during a commencement address. It is unacceptable for such a public figure to use their platform to foster harm rather than unity.” Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a divisive commencement address at Benedictine College Mr 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. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker embraces Taylor Swift after the NFL Super Bowl 58 against the San Francisco 49ers The 2017 seventh-round pick out of Georgia Tech has become one of the NFL's best kickers, breaking the Chiefs' franchise record with a 62-yard field goal in 2022. Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker watches his field goal during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff game against the Miami Dolphins It has been an embarrassing offseason for the Chiefs, though.