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Excessive PDA is something I’ll admit I’m not a huge fan of, but if you’re in Latin America it’s something you just have to live with. On the metro, on the bus, on the street corner, there’s a whole lot of fajándose going on. But that has come to an end — in fact any type of kissing has come to an end — in the Mexican city of Guanajuato:

A controversy has broken out in Mexico after the city of Guanajuato, in the center of the country, decided to penalize couples who kiss in public with jail time.

The municipal law was approved on Tuesday by city hall — its majority politicians from the conservative Partido Acción Nacional (PAN)- and according to Guanajuato’s mayor Eduardo Romero Hicks, is part of a campaign to encourage “good habits”.

According to the PAN mayor, prolonged kisses in public make children feel ashamed and for this reason the law will stipulate a fine or up to three days in jail.

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