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Pucker up protest draws crowd to Piedmont Park

By Project Q Staff
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imageAbout three-dozen people took part in the Great Nationwide Kiss-In Atlanta on Saturday, one of more than 40 similar events that unfolded across the country to protest the recent arrests of a gay couple who kissed in a public plaza near the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City.

Participants kissed for several minutes near the park’s Visitors Center during the event organized by Alex Oxford (photo right), a high school student from Cobb County.

imageAn event in Athens also drew about three-dozen people.

View the Project Q Atlanta photo album from the event.

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