In case you missed the reports, there was a national kiss-in this weekend in about 50 cities to send a loving message to the Mormon Church, which penalized two men last month for kissing on their sacred temple grounds. (Folks were also pissed about municipalities that have cracked down on a gay kiss.) The 'mos were out, of course, but also lots of non-'mos:

Atali Staffler, a Brigham Young University graduate student from Geneva, Switzerland, said she joined the 200 or so people who filled a downtown amphitheater for the event because she has watched her gay father and many gay friends struggle to find their place.

The 31-year-old, who was raised Mormon but is not active in the church, said the church shouldn't be involved in Prop. 8.

"I encourage them to promote the values they believe in and to defend their religious principles in advertisements, but civil rights have nothing to do with religious principles," she said.

Twenty-two people, many of them strangers to one another, gathered under the scorching sun on Washington's National Mall to participate in the national smooch. They were gay and straight, couples and singles of all ages, with placards that read "Equal Opportunity Kisser" and "A Kiss is a Not a Crime."

Right on, kissers. And right on, Swiss Mormon daughter of a gay father.

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