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NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments during commencement speech

Headline from WTHR Indianapolis, on the newest of 2 developments

"The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger," a senior executive said Thursday.

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  1. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivers controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College

    Headline from ABC 7 San Francisco ·

  2. Newest

    NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments during commencement speech

    Headline from WTHR Indianapolis ·

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  1. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivers controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered a controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College.

  2. Portland Press Herald

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The Chiefs decline to comment on Harrison Butker's commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.

  3. Bangor Daily News

    Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College's commencement (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on

  4. Athens The News Courier

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks against Biden's policies (opens Athens The News Courier)

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    Athens The News Courier's feed description

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address

  5. NBC News

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker unleashes on Pride month, Biden in commencement address (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden’s leadership during the pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.

  6. The Christian Post

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker slams Biden for supporting abortion in college commencement speech (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, an outspoken Catholic, has called out President Joe Biden and other Catholics who support abortion during a college commencement speech.

  7. CBS News

    NFL responds to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Harrison Butker encouraged women to be homemakers and railed against Pride Month in his speech at Benedictine College.

  8. NBC News

    Chiefs’ Harrison Butker blasted for commencement speech encouraging women to be homemakers (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has aggravated one of the internet's biggest culture wars by telling a class of college graduates that one of the “most important” titles a woman can hold is homemaker.

  9. WTHR Indianapolis

    NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments during commencement speech (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

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    WTHR Indianapolis's feed description

    "The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger," a senior executive said Thursday.

  10. The Hollywood Reporter

    NFL Distances Itself From Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker’s Controversial Graduation Speech (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    The NFL has responded to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's controversial graduation speech.

  11. PolitiFact

    This sexist Harrison Butker quote came from satire account (opens PolitiFact)

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    PolitiFact's feed description

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicked a hornet’s nest at a commencement speech at a Catholic college in which

  12. Newsweek

    Harrison Butker scores win after commencement speech backlash (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Kansas City Chiefs kicker went viral for his remarks, which many have deemed sexist and homophobic.

  13. Fox News

    Harrison Butker triggers backlash from left for commencement speech: 'Being treated like a criminal' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has garnered both praise and scrutiny for a family values commencement speech at a Catholic college earlier this week.

  14. Fox News

    LAURA: Kansas City Chiefs' Harrison Butker used graduation to say something that mattered (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Fox News host Laura Ingraham reacts to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's Benedictine commencement speech that focused on his Christian faith.

  15. Time

    NFL Distances Itself From Harrison Butker After Speech (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    During a commencement speech, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker encouraged women to prioritize their "vocation" as homemakers.

  16. NewsBusters

    NBC Nightly News MELTS DOWN Over Harrison Butker’s Commencement Speech (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    In fairness, the entire media are swirling in a meltdown vortex over the commencement address delivered by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at Benedictine College in Kansas. But NBC Nightly News’ report on the “controversy” was easily the most ridiculous.

  17. NewsBusters

    Column: Boos and Hisses for the Kansas City Chiefs Kicker (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    On May 14, Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker gave the commencement address at Benedictine Colle

  18. NBC News

    Students speak out on Harrison Butker's 'uncomfortable' commencement address (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Harrison Butker’s commencement speech left some at Benedictine College outraged after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker encouraged women to become homemakers.

  19. Newsweek

    Harrison Butker speech riles up celebrities (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Kansas City Chiefs kicker continues to be a topic of discussion following his commencement speech at Benedictine College.

  20. Green Field Reporter

    NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments during commencement speech - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker appeared as the commencement speaker last week at Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school in Kansas, and said most o…

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