evidence: The claim: New Minnesota bill would protect pedophiles as a sexual orientation [...] The bill wouldn't protect pedophiles as a "sexual orientation." Rather, it removed language from the law that linked pedophilia and sexual orientation. An amendment added on April 26 – two days before this post – directly says the physical and sexual attraction to children isn't protected by the bill. [...] "The bill updates outdated language that incorrectly ties pedophilia to a person's sexual orientation," Finke said in an email. "Nothing in the bill changes or weakens any crimes against children, or the state's ability to prosecute those who break the law. Of course, pedophilia is not a sexual orientation – which is why the language never should have been included in the statutory definition in the first place."