His company pulled a pro-gay shirt back in 08, they also blatantly ripped off an Etsy designers work, featured a t-shirt for women that said “eat less” and most recently had a card with a “tranny” slur on in.
He also owns Anthropologie and Free People.
The liberal tone of Free People and Urban Outfitters is a reflection of his more liberal early roots.
However, Richard Hayne is now a "conservative capitalist entrepreneur." Republican former senator Rick Santorum has been among Hayne's beneficiaries; during an interview with Philadelphia Weekly in 2003, Hayne at first denied any involvement with Senator Santorum and refused to discuss his personal views on homosexuality stating "I'm not going to comment on it."
Hayne has also been criticized for discontinuing sales of a pro-same sex marriage t-shirt in his stores, although the company maintains it was for poor sales
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