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Line 226: ==== LGBTQ beliefs ==== In a March 2024 interview with the ''[[Catholic News Agency]]'', Butker condemned the [[Catholic Church]] for burying a recently deceased [[Transgender rights movement\|transgender rights]] advocate named [[Cecilia Gentili]]. Butker wrote a letter to Cardinal [[Timothy M. Dolan\|Timothy Dolan]], encouraging him to take a "strong stance" against the actions{{which\|date=May 2024}} that took place. Butker said in the interview, "We need men that are leading saying, 'This is not right. This is wrong.' As Catholics, we will not accept this."<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257119/harrison-butker-addresses-family-life-gun-violence-taylor-swift-and-more-in-far-reaching-interview\|title= Harrison Butker addresses family life, gun violence, Taylor Swift, and more in far-reaching interview\|website= Catholic News Agency\|access-date= May 14, 2024}}</ref> In his 2024 commencement speech to Benedictine College, while advocating for a more conservative form of Catholicism, he referred to [[Pride Month]] as an example of the "[[Seven deadly sins\|deadly sins]]".<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Weese \|first=Lukas \|title=Chiefs kicker Butker says Pride Month is example of 'deadly sin' \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5493651/2024/05/14/chiefs-harrison-butker-pride-month-sin/ \|access-date=2024-05-16 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Sarah Kate Ellis, president and [[Chief executive officer\|CEO]] of [[GLAAD]], responded to his comments in a written statement, writing that they were "inaccurate, ill-informed and woefully out-of-step with Americans about Pride".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-05-15 \|title=GLAAD RESPONDS TO INACCURATE, ANTI-LGBTQ, ANTI-EQUALITY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS FROM KANSAS CITY CHIEFS KICKER HARRISON BUTKER {{!}} GLAAD \|url=https://glaad.org/releases/anti-lgbtq-anti-equality-commencement-address-from-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker/ \|access-date=2024-05-16 \|website=glaad.org \|language=en-US}}</ref> ~~==== Political beliefs ====~~ In 2024, Butker gave an address to the graduating class of [[Benedictine College]] that covered a number of his political beliefs; in the speech, Butker condemned President [[Joe Biden]]'s political stance on [[abortion]], saying, "Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally."<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4661793-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-blasts-biden-pro-choice-movement-in-commencement-speech/\|title= Kansas City Chiefs kicker blasts Biden, pro-choice movement in commencement speech\|website= The Hill\|access-date= May 14, 2024}}</ref> He also criticized President Biden's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States\|COVID-19 pandemic]]. He spoke about other issues including [[In vitro fertilisation\|IVF]], [[surrogacy]], [[LGBT movements]] and [[Pride Month]], the concept of [[women in the workforce]], [[diversity, equity, and inclusion]], and a bill condemning [[antisemitism]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-harrison-butker-e00f6ee45955c99ef1e809ec447239e0\|title=Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, President Biden during commencement address\|date=May 14, 2024\|website=[[Associated Press]]\|access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/14/harrison-butker-commencement-speech-women-biden-pride/ \|url-access=subscription \|title=In commencement speech, Chiefs kicker targets 'diabolical lies' told to women \|last=Boren \|first=Cindy \|date=May 14, 2024 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5493651/2024/05/14/chiefs-harrison-butker-pride-month-sin/ \|url-access=registration \|title=Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker says Pride Month is example of 'deadly sin' during commencement speech \|last=Weese \|first=Lukas \|date=May 14, 2024 \|work=[[The Athletic]] \|access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref> ==Notes==

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