Three-time Super Bowl Champion Harrison Butker is the latest target of the Woke Mob. His offense? Butker, a Catholic, spoke about Catholicism at a Catholic school’s graduation ceremonies. Clearly he now must be canceled.

Of course it’s more complicated than that. Butker specifically spoke of those aspects of Catholicism that we’re not supposed to talk about—such as a woman’s primary vocation to motherhood, the horror of abortion, and the evils of our degenerate culture. As long as Catholics speak only on “safe” Catholic beliefs, like kindness toward our neighbor and care for the poor, we’ll be left alone, but if any Catholic dare—and Butker dared—to publicly speak about Catholic beliefs that contradict our current zeitgeist, well, then we can’t have that, can we?

Here are some of the “controversial” things Butker said:

• “Abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.”
• “Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally.”
• “To the gentleman here today, part of what plagues our society is this lie that has been told to you that men are not necessary in the home or in our communities. As men, we set the tone of the culture. And when that is absent disorder, dysfunction and chaos set in this absence of men in the home is what plays a large role in the violence we see all around the nation.”

And most offensive to modern, feminist-tainted ears:

• “I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you, how many of you are sitting here now about to cross the stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you’re going to get in your career. Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world. I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”

These plain statements of Catholic belief are now controversial, but the reason they are controversial is because Catholic leaders, by and large, have been silent about these hard truths for over a generation. In the eyes of the world—and in the eyes of the average Catholic—Catholicism consists mostly of being nice and getting along with others. Deep truths about mankind which the Church offers the world, such as the humanity of the unborn and the fundamental differences between men and women, have been kept under a bushel basket while the world around us crumbles under its system of lies.

This strategy of silence on the part of our Catholic leaders is due to what I call “ghettoitis.” It is an affliction held by many bishops and priests for decades now. Catholic leaders are so desperate to be accepted by American society—to get out of the Catholic ghetto—that they will downplay any Catholic teachings that might offend the world’s ears. So they have played nice, all in an effort to get a seat at the table.

But the strategy backfired. Instead of getting a seat at the table, we became the lapdog, begging for scraps while our worldly masters pat us on the head as they go about their diabolical business. Playing nice has led to us becoming irrelevant; we are only allowed to speak on “safe” topics and are forbidden to preach the hard truths of Catholicism. We have gone from self-silencing ourselves to being forcibly silenced by the Woke Mob. Yet, as Butker said, “if we are going to be men and women for this time in history we need to stop pretending that the ‘Church of nice’ is a winning proposition.” Playing nice has led to us becoming irrelevant; we are only allowed to speak on “safe” topics and are forbidden to preach the hard truths of Catholicism.Tweet This

The efforts to silence Harrison Butker are escalating—the NFL has condemned his remarks and a petition has started to demand that his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, cut him from their roster. He is only facing this cancellation because our shepherds have been silent for so long. Their silence has led to demands that a faithful Catholic be silenced for saying Catholic things. While we can’t go back in time and change the failed strategy of silence, we can, going forward, speak out. Now is the time for all faithful Catholics—bishops, priests, religious, and lay alike—to stand behind Harrison Butker and say to the world that full unadulterated Catholicism will not be silenced.

All that being said, do I really think Harrison Butker should be president? Lord, no, I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. But I do think we need leaders willing to speak out on the deep truths about humanity, opposing the lies of feminism, the homosexual/transgender movements, and the woke mob. Sadly, too many of our leaders, both religious and political, are unwilling to do this, but thank God at least one public figure, a football kicker no less, is willing to do so.

God bless Harrison Butker.