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The Salt Lake City Prosecutor has dropped charges aginst a gay couple cited for trespassing after two men allegedly kissed on a plaza owned by the LDS Church. The incident sparked widespread "kissing" protests in support of same-sex couples. The Mormon Church has said its security guards took the same action they would have had the incident involved any other couple. Rosemary Winters and Melinda Rogers of the Salt Lake Tribune have been following the story.
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