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BARELY LEGAL STRIPPERS NOW ILLEGAL IN TEXAS

Lone Star State raised the minimum legal age for working in a sexually oriented business from 18 to 21. Texas sex-shop and strip-club workers responded by suing the state in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. They argue that adults younger than 21 have a “constitutionally protected liberty interest in pursuing

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