Finally, a little bit of sense creeps in. The Salt Lake City couple Matt Aune and Derek Jones who were arrested for kissing on LDS Church property have had all charges dropped against them:
The privately owned plaza, with its wide promenade and gate-less entrance, is too inviting and appears too much like a public passageway.
Consequently, Salt Lake City Prosecutor Sim Gill said Wednesday he will not prosecute a gay couple cited for trespassing after they shared a kiss on the plaza.
“The two individuals believed — albeit mistakenly — that they had the right to be there,” Gill said. “Fairness requires that either that property be not open to the public or you condition that [openness] in a way that the person who comes on understands that it is private property.” [SLT]
The Salt Lake City police department gets to back out of this with a little bit of grace, the Mormon church agrees to appear guilty of not posting the right sign, and Matt Aune and Derek Jones get to be seen as fully human. “We never thought we were doing anything wrong,” Aune said Wednesday. “We’re glad the city agreed with us.”
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