Kiss In Maryland

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A kiss is defined as touch with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, reverence, or greeting. A kiss is not a meaningful thing for teenagers nowadays, considering how society is today. A young boy in Maryland is getting charged with second-degree assault for kissing a girl on a dare. The dare went too far when the boy pulled the girl's shirt and shoved his tongue in her mouth. There were citizens that believed the boy should not be charged with assault, but this act is considered illegal in Maryland. The boy should be charged with assault because the kiss was unwanted, illegal, and the girl might have had religious beliefs that do not allow this.
An unwanted kiss is not the worse thing in the universe. However, when there is tongue involved,

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