Wed Apr 26, 2023 – 10:38 pm EDT
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — Minnesota Republicans were reportedly stunned after the state’s first transgender-identifying lawmaker introduced a measure that would cut language from the Minnesota Human Rights Act making clear that “sexual orientation” protections don’t extend to pedophiles, Fox News Digital reported Wednesday.
Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke, a 41-year-old, gender-confused man who says he’s a “trans woman,” a parent, and a “passionate advocate for healthcare autonomy” in relation to “abortion rights and trans health care,” proposed the changes in his “Take Pride Act” (HF 1655).
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In addition to expanding anti-discrimination protections in housing and ensuring nonprofits abide by laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, Rep. Finke’s bill would strip out language referencing pedophilia in the state’s Human Rights Act, which prohibits discriminatory behavior based on another person’s actual or perceived “sexual orientation.”
While the act is already broad and has been interpreted as requiring Minnesota schools to let transgender-identifying boys use girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms, its legal protections do not extend to adults who are sexually attracted to children, a point
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