Harrison Butker‘s speech is uniting much of Kansas City against his controversial views, but the Chiefs still need to make a statement disavowing their kicker’s beliefs … so says a prominent city leader.
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Justice Horn, the city’s former LGBTQ+ commissioner, joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” to share his thoughts on HB’s commencement speech … and, he says citizens are pretty much in lockstep in challenging his views.
Horn says the opinions Harrison expressed — about women and the LGBTQ+ community — are not part of mainstream discourse, and, quite frankly … he says they shouldn’t be.
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While Horn’s clearly not happy with Harrison’s views, he doesn’t call for suspension by the league … instead, he commends the NFL for coming out strongly in its statement about Butker, and says the Chiefs need to do the same.
ICYMI … Butker referred to Pride month as a “deadly sin” during his speech last weekend to Benedictine College grads.
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The NFL’s come out already, saying Harrison spoke in a personal capacity, not as a representative of the league. The Chiefs have been radio silent.
“It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” were stenciled in each end zone at Arrowhead Stadium today.
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JH says the team needs to make clear what it believes in … pointing out the squad has a big “End Racism” stencil in its end zone — and, it needs to show a similar commitment to the LGBTQ+ community.
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We also asked Horn about Whoopi Goldberg‘s defense of Harrison’s right to speak his truth in this country, comparing it to Colin Kaepernick‘s protest. Check out Horn’s response — he’s seeing apples and oranges here.
