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Can a Country Ban Students From Kissing, Even at Home? | NBC Left Field

Can a Country Ban Students From Kissing, Even at Home? | NBC Left Field
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Thailand passed a regulation 13-years ago banning “public displays of affection” for all students in the country. A debate has now sprung up in the country, with some arguing that this amendment was created to force conservative cultural values on Thai youth.

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Thailand passed a regulation in 2005 banning “public displays of affection” for all students in the country.

But now Thailand’s ministry of education has introduced an amendment to that regulation, meaning displays of affection may soon be illegal for students in public as well as private spaces.

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