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Advocates of legalized prostitution took their challenge to California's 145-year-old ban on commercial sex before a federal appeals court Thursday and appeared to get a hint that they'll have another chance to show why the law should be cast aside.
The case was brought by three former prostitutes, a would-be client and the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Educational and Research Project. They contend the law violates the right to engage in consensual sex, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2003 ruling overturning criminal laws against gay sexual activity.
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