Is Urban Outfitters homophobic?
Urban Outfitters recently yanked a t-shirt from it’s shelves that simply said, “I Support Same-Sex Marriage.” Their reason, “because we received too much bad press” says one buyer. However the designer of the shirt, Tara Littman, could only find one blog that had anything negative to say. Richard Hayne, the CEO of Urban, is a notorious right winger who financially supports politicians that are very much against same-sex marriage. He donated money to former Senator Rick Santorum, who notoriously compared being gay to beastiality. In addition, claims have been made that Hayne donated money to the Yes on 8 campaign. Just thought we should know to whom our money is going when we do our holiday shopping this year. Click here for the full piece from New York Magazine. A special thanks to Joshua Katcher of The Discerning Brute for bringing this to our attention. And if you’ve never checked out The Discerning Brute, you need to stat!
