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Hawking "Gays in Closet" Envelopes

Urban Outfitters
Hawking "Gays in Closet" Envelopes

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A collection of six "Embarrassing Prank Envelopes" being sold at Urban Outfitters retailers in California features an envelope from the "Homosexuals Living in the Closet Society of America."

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A collection of six "Embarrassing Prank Envelopes" being sold at Urban Outfitters retailers in California features an envelope from the "Homosexuals Living in the Closet Society of America."

The envelope is accompanied by the "company slogan": "Proudly Helping Secretly Gay People Since 1989 "

Long considered to be one of America's hippest retailers, Urban Outfitters came under fire from gay media last December when "I Support Same-Sex Marriage" T-shirts were yanked from store shelves.

Following that controversy, gays and lesbians may take offense that the retailer is selling a collection of cards that seems to put homosexuals on a par with "Sheep Lovers" and "Lowlife Rat Bastards" -- other "companies" represented in the package of six envelopes.

Envelopes sent from "www.PORNPHOTOS.COM," "Back Hair Removal System," and "The Compulsive Masturbation Assistance Group" round out the collection.

Urban Outfitters chairman Richard Hayne is a conservative who has donated thousands of dollars to right-wing causes, including the campaigns of homophobic former U.S. senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. When asked in 2003 about his own views on homosexuality, Hayne told the Philadelphia Weekly, "I have my own opinion, but I am not going to share it."

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Urban Outfitters
Hawking "Gays in Closet" Envelopes

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