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Jacksonville strip clubs fight to lower dancer age to 18
Read full article: Jacksonville strip clubs fight to lower dancer age to 18JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Some Florida strip club owners are lobbying to lower the age limit for dancers from 21 to 18-years-old, calling the current age requirement unconstitutional. A lawyer representing 13 clubs and four dancers in Jacksonville argued before a federal judge that dancing is a form of expression protected under the First Amendment. The city law currently bans dancers under the age of 21 and was passed in an effort to reduce sex trafficking. City attorneys said younger people are more susceptible to the coercion that’s often part of trafficking and argued that 21 is a safer age. During Friday’s hearing U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan repeatedly asked about the trade-off between personal rights and pubic interests.