
Serena Williams Takes Aim at Harrison Butker During ESPY Awards
The dig just ahead of the Summer Olympics further highlights the Super Bowl champ’s countercultural witness.
The dig just ahead of the Summer Olympics further highlights the Super Bowl champ’s countercultural witness.
‘It was truly Catholic, and it was a heroic talk, where he uplifted the role of wife and mother, and he uplifted the role of true masculinity of men and asked men to step up and take responsibility for their families,’ Dan Donaldson said.
COMMENTARY: Butker’s speech is a crucial wake-up call for a culture in danger of forgetting the most important values of life.
Although this year’s speech made a bigger social-media splash, Butker shared much of the same advice last year to students at his alma mater.
’It it is not people, but Jesus Christ, who I am trying to please,’ Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion and the 2019 NFL scoring leader, said May 24.
So much is being said about a speech that wasn’t even for us.
Former Notre Dame football coach and Hall of Famer Lou Holtz publicly thanked Butker on Twitter Thursday for his speech.
Mainstream media critics of Butker’s Benedictine College address went after him for what he said — and what he didn’t say.
The Super Bowl champ and kicker spoke about the dignity of life, masculinity, and the most important role of all: motherhood.
Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai, the three-time Super Bowl winner and outspoken Catholic said. ‘I believe that this audience and this venue is the best place to speak openly and honestly about who we are and where we all want to go, which is heaven.’
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