An order of nuns affiliated with Benedictine College rejected Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s comments in a commencement speech there last weekend that stirred up a culture war skirmish.
“The sisters of Mount St. Scholastica do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested,” the nuns wrote in a statement posted on Facebook.
In his 20-minute address, Butker denounced abortion rights, Pride Month, COVID-19 lockdowns and “the tyranny of diversity, equity and inclusion” at the Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kan.
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