Transgender Minnesota lawmaker introduces bill removing anti-pedophile language from state's Human Rights Act

A transgender state lawmaker in Minnesota introduced a measure that would remove language from the state's Human Rights Act that currently states pedophiles are not a part of the protected “sexual orientation" class.

The bill would amend the state's Human Rights Act, which is described by the state as "one of the strongest civil rights laws in the country." The current Human Rights Act protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation, defined as "having or being perceived as having an emotional, physical, or sexual attachment to another person without regard to the sex of that person or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment, or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated with one's biological maleness or femaleness." Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent to kyle.morris@fox.com and on Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.

The law also includes this caveat: "‘Sexual orientation’ does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult." That language would be removed under Finke's proposal.