Don't flirt with the US's Puritanical past!MOSCOW -- Don't kiss and tell -- and certainly don't tell the police in Moscow, where city authorities are reportedly considering levying fines for public displays of affection.
As part of an effort to "improve morals" in the Russian capital, its government is working on an order that would prohibit kissing in subways and other public places, the newspaper Stolichnyaya Vechernyaya Gazeta reported on its Web site. It said the ban was being considered at the request of police and the city's education committee.
"Children do not need any sexual education classes in school ... they get amoral lessons every day when they see what goes on around them," the newspaper quoted committee member Tatyana Maximova as saying. "People are making out even on the escalator in the metro. Something must be done about this."
It's not uncommon for couples to kiss on the long, slow escalators leading down to Moscow's subway platforms -- the steps allow people of different heights to gaze directly into each other's faces, and it beats looking at advertisements during the ride. But the embraces are mostly reserved and few people seem to object -- at least until now.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-russia-kissing-ban,0,3753302.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlinesI'm GOIN' :loveya:
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