Mayor kisses goodbye to ban

ROME - A Sicilian mayor has backed down from a ban on kissing in public after a protest "kiss-in" in the main square, the newspaper…

ROME - A Sicilian mayor has backed down from a ban on kissing in public after a protest "kiss-in" in the main square, the newspaper La Repubblica reported yesterday It said 50 youths outraged by Mayor Salvino Caputo's "censorship" kissed and cuddled in the cathedral square in Monreale on Wednesday to make their point.

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