1. Kenneth Lee Hutcherson was an American football linebacker in the National Football League and senior pastor at Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, where he had been since 1985.
27 Facts About Ken Hutcherson
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Ken Hutcherson played linebacker for Livingston University from 1970 to 1973.
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Ken Hutcherson was a starting outside linebacker for the Tigers' 1971 NAIA National Championship team, and was an All-American both his junior and senior seasons.
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Ken Hutcherson was the NAIA National Player of the Week in 1972 when he made 21 tackles against Southern State.
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Ken Hutcherson was selected in the fourth round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys, after dropping because he was seen as an undersized player.
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Ken Hutcherson tore cartilage in his knee during rookie orientation practices in the spring.
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Ken Hutcherson overcame the surgery to report on time to training camp.
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Ken Hutcherson was a backup outside linebacker and a standout on special teams.
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Ken Hutcherson was released by the Chargers after being hampered with a leg injury during the season and was claimed by the Green Bay Packers, who placed him immediately on the injured reserve list.
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Ken Hutcherson accepted the position of senior pastor in 1985 and was ordained in 1986.
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In early 2010, Ken Hutcherson shot a video for the I Am Second organization, in which he shared his testimony.
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Ken Hutcherson officiated at Limbaugh's fourth wedding in June 2010.
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Ken Hutcherson didn't want his relationship with anybody to be defined, even in what turned out to be the latter months of his life, by his illness.
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Ken Hutcherson promised me that he will wait until I can get there Friday.
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Ken Hutcherson supported the initiative and conducted petition signature gathering at his home church.
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Ken Hutcherson proceeded to lodge his own ballot initiative on January 19,2007.
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On January 27,2007, The Seattle Times reported that Ken Hutcherson had allied with a network of churches, including Watchmen on the Walls, that were tied to conservative evangelical Slavic communities in Washington State and California that had been active in opposing same-sex marriage.
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On June 29,2007, Ken Hutcherson told The Seattle Times that he had dropped the initiative at the urging of Pastor Joe Fuiten, who argued that the time was not right for the campaign, and asked instead for his help in opposing domestic partnership rights for gay and lesbian couples.
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Ken Hutcherson had reportedly told the Microsoft general counsel that 700 evangelical Microsoft employees attend his church, and all of them opposed the bill.
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Ken Hutcherson added that if Microsoft did not withdraw support of the bill, he would organize a national boycott of the software maker.
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On January 25,2006, Ken Hutcherson called for supporters to take action against Microsoft for reinstating its support of the Washington State Anti-Discrimination bill by driving down the company's stock price.
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Ken Hutcherson asked that supporters purchase one or two Microsoft shares over the following months with the goal of selling them on May 1,2006.
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On November 13,2007, Ken Hutcherson addressed the Microsoft Annual Stockholders meeting.
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On November 16,2007, an interview appeared in The Daily Telegraph, a UK newspaper, where Ken Hutcherson described his plan to ask millions of evangelical activists, Orthodox religious and other allies, to purchase Microsoft shares and demand a return to 'traditional values'.
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Ken Hutcherson described Microsoft as just the first company to be targeted in a larger campaign that would attempt to force American corporations to support only biblically-based social policy positions.
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On January 8,2008, Ken Hutcherson announced details of his "Buy Three, Donate One" campaign which asked supporters to purchase three shares of Microsoft stock, donate one share to the "AGN Financial Network," and prepare to vote on a Shareholder Proposal that would be presented at the next Microsoft Stockholders Annual meeting in November 2008.
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On May 1,2004, Ken Hutcherson organized a "Mayday for Marriage" rally against same-sex marriage.