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http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state...ess-update.html

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ten women sued Brevard County on Wednesday seeking to abolish laws that make it illegal for them to go topless in public places where men can.

The women’s attorney, Mark Tietig, said the lawsuit seeks to point out the hypocrisy of two current state statutes and the county’s anti-nudity ordinance. A woman is currently allowed to expose her breasts for nursing a child or working in a strip club, for example.

“But not if she wants to herself,” Tietig said. “Only for somebody else’s wants or desires.”

The women range in age from 14 into the 70s, and none are strippers, Tietig said. Two of the women have been arrested for baring their breasts, according to the suit.

Violations are currently considered misdemeanors, with the most extreme penalty a year in prison.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Orlando, seeks to have the statutes and ordinance declared unconstitutional.

Brevard County officials said Wednesday they had not received the suit and could not comment.