Making a statement.
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has made headlines recently, sharing in his position on a number of issues during a sit-down with EWTN. He discussed everything from gun violence during the Chiefs Super Bowl parade, his Catholic faith, weak men failing to lead in the home and in public, Taylor Swift, and more.
He called for men to step up and be good fathers, and he also explained why he wore a “pro life” tie to the White House last year in silent protest of Joe Biden’s policy on abortion.
A contentious and nuanced topic, no doubt, Butker’s tie read “Vulnerari Praesidio,” which translates to “Protect the most vulnerable” in Latin, and he also wore a gold pin of a baby’s feet, which is said to be the size of a 10-week old baby’s foot.
He explained his rationale for wearing it to the White House:
“Last year, a lot of thought went to it… I thought ‘wow this is an amazing place’ but unfortunately, there’s some laws being pushed through I don’t think value all human life. One of those laws is allowing abortion to be legal in this country, so to have a tie that, in Latin, I thought, brought attention to the unborn, because I am trying to learn more Latin, with going to the Latin mass, I picked “Vulnerari Praesidio,” which is ‘to protect the most vulnerable.’
The unborn are, to me, the greatest victims in our society. They don’t have a voice, they don’t necessarily look like humans, they’re not very big, they cant fight for themselves, there’s not as lot of people that are fighting for them and I just think it’s a great atrocity that’s occurring in this country with massacring the unborn.
And I felt like there’s no better place to send this message to the masses and represent the unborn at a place like the White House, where unfortunately their voice is not heard.”
He added that as of right now, he has no plans for any special attire for his upcoming visit to the White House, but something could be in the works.
You can watch the full conversation here:
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