Matt Birk, you’ve just won the Super Bowl — what are you going to do? Not go to the White House and meet the man who said, “God bless Planned Parenthood,” that’s what:
Retired six-time Pro Bowl center and former Viking Matt Birk skipped the Baltimore Ravens’ visit to the White House on Wednesday for political reasons.
Specifically, the St. Paul native took issue with President Barack Obama’s support of Planned Parenthood.
Birk is a staunch Catholic father of six children who’s against abortion and has taken a strong pro-life stance. Birk has also spoken out in the past in favor of traditional marriage prior to same-sex marriage becoming legal last year in Maryland.
“I wasn’t there,” Birk said in an interview on KFAN-FM. “I would say that I have great respect for the office of the presidency, but about five or six weeks ago, our President made a comment in a speech and he said, ‘God bless Planned Parenthood.’
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