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 Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Reuters and Courtesy of HBOBill Maher said he doesn't understand the backlash to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's graduation speech at Benedictine College, in which the footballer said being gay was a "deadly sin" and lectured female graduates on the importance of being homemakers.
On the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the late night host made it clear that he doesn't share Butker's personal enthusiasm for things like marriage, religion, and children. "I couldn't be more not like this," Maher said.
But Maher wasn't convinced that the outrage about Butker's comments towards women were well-founded.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images and ReutersFox News, the right-wing network that helped lead the charge against Colin Kaepernick and told NBA stars voicing their political opinions to "shut up and dribble," is now mounting a full-throated defense of Harrison Butker amid growing backlash to the NFL star's controversial commencement speech.
"I thought his message was quite tender," Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer said of the Kansas City Chief kicker's address.
The message Butker delivered during his 20-minute speech before the graduating class of Benedictine College, a tiny private Catholic school, quickly sparked intense criticism when he said women had been told "diabolical lies" about pursuing careers while suggesting they'd find more fulfillment as homemakers.
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