Last week, Urban Outfters had pulled "I Support Same-Sex Marriage" t-shirts off s shelv (both onle and California stor) further fuelg the mors that the trendy young adult clothier is anti-gay. After all Richard Hayne, the founr and CEO of Urban Outfters, is a right-wg Republin known for supportg senators who oppose gay marriage. But rponse to the mors, an Urban Outfters spokman told New York Magaze on Wednday that the shirts were...
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- BARILLA'S NOT ALONE: 8 COMPANI WHO DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS
- URBAN OUTFTERS ON GAY MARRIAGE T-SHIRT: WE PULLED IT BEE IT WASN'T SELLG
- BEE YOU'RE UGLY: URBAN OUTFTERS PULLS TE SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
BARILLA'S NOT ALONE: 8 COMPANI WHO DON'T SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS
Urban Outfters CEO Richard Hayne donated money to Rick Santom and oppos gay marriage and abortn? * urban outfitters against gay marriage *
Urban Outfters CEO Richard Hayne donated money to Rick Santom and oppos gay marriage and abortn?
Claim: Urban Outfters CEO Richard Hayne donated money to Rick Santom and oppos gay marriage and abortn. He's agast gay marriage and abortn. His pany pulled a pro-gay shirt back 08, they also blatantly ripped off an Etsy signers work, featured a t-shirt for women that said "eat ls" and most recently had a rd wh a "tranny" slur on .
In a 2003 profile of Richard Hayne, Philalphia Weekly reported that Hayne had donated money to the re-electn mpaign of then-Senator Rick Santom (and current Republin printial ndidate) of Pennsylvania and cled to discs his own views on homosexualy:. Rick Santom, whose recent ments about homosexuals equated gay sex wh ct and btialy. And where do Santom's posn on homosexualy f his fort zone?
URBAN OUTFTERS ON GAY MARRIAGE T-SHIRT: WE PULLED IT BEE IT WASN'T SELLG
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Although Richard Hayne has donated money to Rick Santom (and other Republin policians), a 2008 terview Urban Outfters' then-CEO Glen Senk mataed that Hayne's ntributns to Santom were not reflective of the former's viewpot regardg homosexualy:. Openly gay Glen Senk, the pany's chief executive of bs, told Pk Paper: "Urban Outfters did not make a donatn, Dick Hayne did. Santom ma the horrific statements on homosexualy 2003, and the bulk of the donatns were prr to this, so we're only talkg about $1, 000 after his evil proclamatn.
"There is nothg homophobic about Dick Hayne, " he ntued. And he said to me: 'You're right, I hate his views regardg homosexualy, but I'm not a one-issue voter'.
BEE YOU'RE UGLY: URBAN OUTFTERS PULLS TE SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
But, if you're talkg about Urban Outfters, talk about me beg the CEO, that I've given the maximum amount of fancial backg to Obama, that I supported Dan Anrs — one of the first gay judg Ameri. In March 2012, Urban Outfters was the object of protts om lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr advot for sellg a greetg rd featurg a joke about transvtism.
Last week, Urban Outfters had pulled "I Support Same-Sex Marriage" t-shirts off s shelv (both onle and California stor) further fuelg the mors that the trendy young adult clothier is anti-gay. After all Richard Hayne, the founr and CEO of Urban Outfters, is a right-wg Republin known for supportg senators who oppose gay marriage.
But rponse to the mors, an Urban Outfters spokman told New York Magaze on Wednday that the shirts were actually pulled bee they weren't sellg well and that "the head merchant is open to fdg other products that support gay marriage and rry the same msage but will be more popular wh our ctomers. " The spokman also poted out that, hey, the CEO of parent pany Urban Outfters Inc., Glen Senk, is openly gay and has been a 30-year relatnship. The sign, the ADL claimed, was 'eerily remiscent' of the clothg Nazis forced gay prisoners to wear ncentratn mps.