Thursday, December 11, 2008

Why Did Urban Outfitters Yank Marriage Equality T From Shelves?



The trendy clothing retailer Urban Outfitters pulled a T-shirt with a pro-marriage equality message within days of the item first appearing in stores and at the company’s Web site.

According to a Dec. 8 article that appeared in New York Magazine, a buyer for Urban Outfitters told shirt deigner Tara Littman of Supprt Shirts that the item had garnered "too much bad press," although New York Magazine said that Littman, looking into the matter for herself, was able to identify only one blog item as expressing a negative opinion about the shirt. (Continue Reading-Source/Edge)

Check out my previous post on Urban Outfitters and how it is run by a right wing conservative!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

isnt the president of UO a republican and actually donates money to republican events and anti-gay marriage supporters. I think i read that on Perez Hilton a while ago ill see if i can find it, that why i stopped shopping there a while ago...

Anonymous said...

I think urban outfitters no lonfger need our money, I am sure there are plenty of merchants that believe in equality.