While the typical Urban Outfitters shopper is likely to be liberal-minded--as is the province and privilege of youth--the fifty-something Hayne is mom-and-apple-pie conservative. He and his wife Margaret have contributed $13,150 to the campaign coffers of Paleolithic right-wing Republican Sen. Rick Santorum and his Political Action Committee over the years.

Another option is use it as a print/stamp, paint it a funky color, do a crazy wall stamping, then place the tile on the wall to give it a 3D flare!

I understand that it is quite upsetting to know that a store that has so many devoted customers supposedly supports someone who is against gay marriage, but I find it highly out of line to be so political on this website. Whether or not I, or anyone else for that matter, agree with you in that everyone should have the right to marry whomever they please, this is not the place for it. I get rather annoyed by this - you are being just as un-accepting of others as you accuse them of being.

just saying.

in any case - they are posting about the tiles, not their political and moral standings.

Chartreuse, do you check out the personal political contributions of all of the board members at every store where you could potentially shop?

If so, you might be interested to know that Glen Senk, the board member who is actually president of the Urban Outfitters brand (as opposed to the parent company), makes his political donations to Democrat candidates and causes.

As far as Richard Hayne -- while that's not how I'd have spent $13,500, these are contributions going back at least a decade, according to OpenSecrets.org -- at an average of $2500 or so an election cycle for all candidates, these are hardly political high-rollers.

(Oops -- I'm coffee-deprived today. Senk is CEO of the parent company and president of the Anthropologie brand. So actually more important than I'd originally said.)

ooh thank you wende! i grow so tired of that post EVERY TIME something comes up about urbn on at..