Greetings and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Thursday. Today's article is written by

Dr. Ryan Dennison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. When the Kansas City

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered the commencement address at Benedictine College, a small

Catholic school in

Atchison, Kansas, on May the 11th, he understood that his speech would be controversial.

In fact, he essentially led off by acknowledging, quote, these are the sort of things we're

told in polite society not to bring up, end quote. However, I doubt even he thought he'd still be making headlines

nearly two weeks later. So what is it about Butker's speech that has caused such a stir? And is the

criticism he received warranted? Or is it another example of modern society's penchant

towards free speech for me, but not for thee. As you might expect, the answer to both

questions is complicated. Let's start by looking at what Butker actually said. The part of his speech

that has received the greatest amount of attention is when he spoke specifically to the women in the

audience. Quote, for the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing

accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved at this point in your young

lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have

had the most diabolical lies told you. How many of you are sitting here now about to cross this stage

and are thinking about the promotions and titles that you are 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."

Well, those thoughts would not have been terribly controversial 50 years ago.

They understandably caused quite a stir today.

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