Hundreds Stage Gay Kiss-In Outside London Pub Accused Of Homophobia

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A gay couple in London said they were thrown out of a London pub on Wednesday because they were kissing. Jonathan Williams tweeted about the incident and suddenly Williams and his date James Bull became, as the AP reports, a sensation. Their story — it was a "hands-on-the-table kiss" — was suddenly everywhere and even made it on the front page of The Guardian.

The John Snow pub had no comment about the controversy. But a Facebook group emerged in protest and planned to stage a "massive same-sex snogathon" in front of the pub.

The Guardian reports that this evening about 300 people — including the couple that started this — showed up. The pub had closed, but just after 7 p.m.: