A Kiss-In, for All Those Michael Sam Haters

Some apparently can't stand seeing two people of the same sex kiss publicly. But one online protest suggests maybe what the squeamish really need are more chances to get used to it.

After pundits far and wide railed against Michael Sam's celebratory kiss with his boyfriend after Sam was drafted into the NFL earlier this month, writer and activist Michelangelo Signorile decided to launch the "Great Facebook Kiss-In," a social media event to promote images of people of the same sex kissing.

"Maybe it's you and your husband or wife, or your partner or sweetheart, or you and a friend," he wrote last week for The Huffington Post . "Maybe it's your dad and your dad, or your mom and your mom. Maybe it's two other people you just like a lot or think are hot. Your favorite celebrities, whatever."

Here are a handful of the results.

\u201cThe human right to #KissIn everywhere\n@HRC @EqualityRising_ @IHateHomophobia @SocialLore @MSignorile NO #HOMOPHOBIA\u201d
— RememBarilla (@RememBarilla) 1400327626

\u201c@huffpostgay #kissin\u201d
— HuffPost Queer Voices (@HuffPost Queer Voices) 1400083630

\u201c#kissin\u201d
— Steve Ledoux (@Steve Ledoux) 1400179914

\u201cRT @rjaywilks: #KissIn Second Male couple to be married in the State of Arkansas May 10, 2014 \n(Eureka Springs)\u201d
— Michelangelo Signorile (@Michelangelo Signorile) 1400175283

\u201cMe 'n my husband...#kissIn...at our 5th wedding.\n#MichaelSam, we got ur back.\u201d
— Roger\u2019s Offerings (@Roger\u2019s Offerings) 1400113682

\u201c#KISSIN We get married in 1 month! Great idea @MSignorile! Good luck @MichaelSamNFL! We support you!\u201d
— John Blair (@John Blair) 1400096602

\u201cMT @bpt326: Jason and I at Machu Picchu. Join @MSignorile #KissIn in support of @MichaelSamNFL & @Vitcamm #LGBT\u201d
— Michelangelo Signorile (@Michelangelo Signorile) 1400088310

\u201c#kissin in front of Mormon Temple NYC. Photo by @JoeMyGod\u201d
— farmboyz (@farmboyz) 1400085790

\u201c#Kissin\u201d
— \ud83c\udf08 Just Dan \ud83c\udf08 (@\ud83c\udf08 Just Dan \ud83c\udf08) 1400085251

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