Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said his much-maligned commencement speech—in which he called homosexuality a “deadly sin,” slammed abortion, IVF, and accused working women of being fed “diabolical lies”—was meant for a “specific crowd.”
“I’m definitely saddened [some people] took it in a poor manner,” said Butker, a self-professed devout Catholic, last week on Laura Ingraham’s The Ingraham Angle on Fox News.
He added, “I was trying to speak life for so many women that have dedicated their life to being the homemaker, being the one that raises the children.”
Butker sparked backlash in May when he used his commencement speech at Benedictine College to speak directly to female students about their role in the home.
“For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment,” he said. “I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the…