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<p>The Soho pub which ejected a gay uple for 'obscene' kissg closed bid to thwart a subsequent prott – but the kiss- ntued right outsi. Here we retell the story <a href=" Storify</a></p>

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JOHN SNOW SHUTS AGA AS GAY KISS STORM LGERS ON

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This article is more than 12 years oldThe Soho pub which ejected a gay uple for 'obscene' kissg closed bid to thwart a subsequent prott – but the kiss- ntued right outsi. This place h the headl a few years back, when a member of the bar staff allegedly asked a kissg gay uple to leave.

On April 15 2011, the John Snow pub ma history aga when two gay ctomers were asked to leave for kissg.

Members of the public were so outraged that they staged a “gay kiss-” outsi the pub, when hundreds turned up to dulge a spot of same-sex snoggg to show their support. Pub which shut s doors rponse to a gay kiss- storm last week has closed aga today rponse to a planned send anti-homophobia John Snow, Soho, central London, provoked headl when staff allegedly ejected two men who were kissg.

JOHN SNOW PUB KISS- PROTT AFTER GAY UPLE 'THROWN OUT FOR SNOGGG'

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The evictn of the pair, who were on their first date, led to plans for a "gay kiss-" event at 7pm last John Snow closed at around 3. Thursday's planned event was ls orientatn specific than the first, billed on Facebook as "Queers & Alli Kiss- Prott Agast Homophobia at John Snow pub, Soho", however the rponse om the pub was the same.

"So the John Snow would rather go bt than have gays, bi-sexuals and straight people kissg ?

How sry n the gays be, exactly?! Protters kiss outsi the closed doors of the John Snow pub Soho pub at the centre of a homophobia row closed s doors, as hundreds of people prepared to attend a "gay kiss-" prott John Snow, Soho, central London, beme the foc of unwanted attentn when Jam Bull and Jonathan Williams were asked to leave on Wednday night by a staff member who allegedly scribed the uple's kissg as "obscene".

IN PICTUR: GAY KISS-IN OUTSI THE JOHN SNOW, SOHO

About 600 people gathered last night outsi a popular Soho pub support of a gay uple who claim they were asked to leave for kissg there on their first date. * john snow gay pub *

Williams tweeted about the cint, which propelled him and Bull, who were on their first date, to the attentn of natnal media, leadg to plans for a "gay kiss-" Facebook event, schled for 7pm on Friday. 30pm, leavg bemed drkers locked out on the street wh beverag hand, acrdg to one 300 people attend the schled kiss-, which took place spe the closure of the pub and clud Bull, Williams and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell.

Williams had turned to Twter to register his disntent on Wednday eveng: "Seven years London & I've never been ma to feel bad for beg gay.

The kiss- prott: Hundreds scend on London pub for mass smooch after gay uple were 'thrown out for snoggg' Hundreds of people attend a 'kiss-' prott at a London pub after a gay uple claimed they were thrown out for kissg. Jonathan Williams, right, says he and his date, Jam Bull, were asked to leave after sharg what they scribed as a 'hands-on-the-table' kiss at the John Snow pub London's Soho, spirg a mass prott Members of the Lbian and Gay muny kiss outsi the John Snow pub Soho on Friday eveng Mr Bull and Mr Williams, who were on their first date, said they were first spoken to by a fellow drker, who claimed to be the landlord.

PAIR ‘OVERWHELMED’ BY RPONSE TO GAY KISS AT SOHO PUB

’ Social workg s were abuzz wh supporters of the men planng a 'kiss-' at the pub that allegedly threw out a gay uple for kissg The outraged pair had vented their tratn on Facebook and Twter which sparked a prott that uld saw around 600 people flock to the pub to for a gay kiss prott. Williams, who works for a fancial magaze, wrote on Twter: 'Seven years London & I’ve never been ma to feel bad for beg gay.

'Ironilly, the pub is near the heart of London's gay village and dozens of sex-shops.

Popular: The pub is near the heart of London's gay village John Clark, who said he ed to manage the pub, wrote: 'Wish I uld be there. In Pictur: Gay Kiss-In Outsi The John Snow, Soho. About 600 people gathered last night outsi a popular Soho pub support of a gay uple who claim they were asked to leave for kissg there on their first date.

GAY KISS PUB PROTT AT SOHO'S JOHN SNOW

Image ptn, Jonathan Williams (left) and Jam Bull said they had not expected to receive so much supportIt started wh a kiss - on a first date between two men a pub Soho, central London's gay heartland. "Mr Williams wrote about the cint on Twter, the story was picked up by the gay prs, and a prott was swiftly anised on social workg se Facebook.

However, that didn't ter hundreds of protters gatherg outsi the venue jt before 1900 ptn, Gay rights activists staged a prott outsi the pubIt was a cheerful atmosphere, lips nervoly poised, and after a untdown the kissg on a weekend billed for s marathon, would Friday night be remembered as more of a snogathon?

HUNDREDS OF GAY PROTTERS SNOG OUTSI PUB AFTER A UPLE WERE KICKED OUT FOR KISSG

The kissg was brief and volved gay upl and heterosexual upl.

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