Rally Slams 'No Kissing' Rule in Mormon Plaza

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 12, 2009 4:29 PM CDT
Rally Slams 'No Kissing' Rule in Mormon Plaza
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Thomas Monson kisses his wife at a Mormon conference, April 5, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah.   (Getty Images)

Gay and straight protesters covered each other in kisses today outside Salt Lake City’s Mormon Temple, USA Today reports. The rally—inspired by a gay couple who were handcuffed and cited Friday for smooching on church property—was organized to condemn the Mormon ban on "offensive, indecent, obscene, lewd or disorderly speech, dress or conduct.”

A call on social media sites this weekend urged supporters to show up wearing paper hearts and partake in “gentle” displays of affection. The kiss-happy protesters stayed just outside the Main Street Plaza, which is private church property. Municipal officials transferred it to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in a 2003 land swap.
(More Mormon stories.)

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