Harrison Butker Misses Point on Women’s Role

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered Benedictine College’s commencement speech this year. It has since gone viral, supposedly for promoting “antiquated” gender roles.

Benedictine is a small, Catholic liberal-arts school in Kansas. Its students and faculty have traditional beliefs; above all, the college says on its website, a Benedictine student is “Christ-centered,” faithful, steadfast, and committed to greatness. Previous commencement speakers have all placed great emphasis on the importance of a Catholic education: Catholic lawyer Leonard Leo spoke to students last year, and the year before, Bishop Robert Barron spoke. Butker was one of the college’s younger, lesser-known speakers, and he followed the school’s trend of commencement speakers who, in the name of faith, contribute to the world’s cultural or political discourse.

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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered Benedictine College’s commencement speech this year. It has since gone viral, supposedly for promoting “antiquated” gender roles.

Benedictine is a small, Catholic liberal-arts school in Kansas. Its students and faculty have traditional beliefs; above all, the college says on its website, a Benedictine student is “Christ-centered,” faithful, steadfast, and committed to greatness. Previous commencement speakers have all placed great emphasis on the importance of a Catholic education: Catholic lawyer Leonard Leo spoke to students last year, and the year before, Bishop Robert Barron spoke. Butker was one of the college’s younger, lesser-known speakers, and he followed the school’s trend of commencement speakers who, in the name of faith, contribute to the world’s cultural or political discourse.