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Mexicans Kiss Off Smooching Ban

Town's effort to ban kissing sparks passionate national protests

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 14, 2009 5:27 AM CST

(Newser) – Outraged Mexicans joined forces—and lips—to kiss away a city's efforts to ban public smooching, the Los Angeles Times reports. Guanajuato's law drew national ridicule and protesters soon started kissing en masse in front of city hall. Newspaper columnists and politicians lined up to...   Read full story »

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