Conflict between Footnotes and Read More Module

When I enable the (Footnotes [fn]...[/fn]) input filter my teaser output changes. This causes the inline Read More link placed my the (Read More Link Module) to not be inline and jump down another line. I will be posting this in both this in both modules issue ques. Any suggestions would be welcomed, I really want to use the Footers input filter, but I can no give up the styling of the Read More module.

With (Footnotes [fn]...[/fn]) input filter enabled

... and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.<br />

Why do we use it?</p>

<div class="read-more"><a href="/content/test" title="Read the whole post" rel="nofollow"><strong>Read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></div>  </div>

With (Footnotes [fn]...[/fn]) input filter disabled

... and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.<br />

Why do we use it?&nbsp;<span class="read-more"><a href="/content/test" title="Read the whole post" rel="nofollow"><strong>Read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p>
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