Sports·Posted on May 1, 2013Church Cancels Speech After Speaker Congratulates Jason CollinsLeRoy Butler took a stand on behalf of Collins.by Kevin LincolnBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail LeRoy Butler played for the Green Bay Packers from 1990-2001. Since retiring, he's made speaking appearances through his foundation. On Monday, like many in both the sports and non-sports worlds, Butler's thoughts turned to Jason Collins. He tweeted this: leroy butler @leap36 Congrats to Jason Collins 08:20 PM - 29 Apr 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Congrats to Jason Collins-- leroy butler And apparently, Butler says, a certain church in Wisconsin was not pleased. leroy butler @leap36 Wow, I was schedule to speak at a church in WI, and a member said that the pastor wants to cancel my event, I said ok why? 04:10 AM - 01 May 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Wow, I was schedule to speak at a church in WI, and a member said that the pastor wants to cancel my event, I said ok why?-- leroy butler leroy butler @leap36 Then I was told, because I said congrats to Jason Collins on twitter, I said really? we have a contract, he said check the moral cause, 04:14 AM - 01 May 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Then I was told, because I said congrats to Jason Collins on twitter, I said really? we have a contract, he said check the moral cause,-- leroy butler leroy butler @leap36 FYI the fee was 8500$,then I was told if i removed the tweet, and apologize and ask god forgiveness, I can have the event, I said no, 04:20 AM - 01 May 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite FYI the fee was 8500$,then I was told if i removed the tweet, and apologize and ask god forgiveness, I can have the event, I said no,-- leroy butler leroy butler @leap36 Only god can judge, 04:20 AM - 01 May 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Only god can judge,-- leroy butler Butler may have been inspired by Collins, but now he's an inspiration as well. H/T to Michael David Smith at Pro Football Talk.