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Harrison Butker: In Hot Water or Too Hot to Handle? by Alyssa Murphy  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Harrison Butker: In Hot Water or Too Hot to Handle? by Alyssa Murphy 

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Harrison Butker on the sideline of the AFC Championship in Baltimore on Jan. 28. (photo: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons)

By Alyssa Murphy, EWTN News, May 21, 2024

Alyssa Murphy is the Register’s Managing Editor of Digital Assets. Starting her career on the airwaves in San Francisco, she has worked in all facets of media. Alyssa enjoys writing and covering stories that inspire and uplift. Register readers may be familiar with her voice from EWTN radio’s Morning Glory. Alyssa currently lives in New Jersey just outside Manhattan with her husband Andrew and young daughter, Annabelle.

So much is being said about a speech that wasn’t even for us.

Alyssa MurphyAs parents gathered at Benedictine College over Mother’s Day weekend to watch their graduates walk across the stage with their diplomas, little did they know the commencement speech Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs gave would still be one of the biggest news stories a week later.

In a word that he himself used early on in the now-viral commencement speech that hit on fatherhood, homemaking, protecting life and so much more, Butker dared to be “countercultural.” As Kathleen Parker put it in The Washington Post, “The man is a revolutionary.”

Butker said succinctly: “Our Catholic faith has always been countercultural. Our Lord, along with countless followers, were all put to death for their adherence to her teachings.” …