Nobody normal or moral defends pedophiles.
It is untrue that the Federal government has granted "protected status" to pedophiles. Anyone who believes that is too stupid to be allowed to operate simple machinery, let alone vote.
The original quoted post is something that has been reblogged around a number of right-wing, conspiracy minded or anti-gay sites for the past three years in part because of their opposition to including sexual orientation or gender identity to hate crimes laws.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2009/05/06/fox-news-falsely-claims-dems-voted-to-protect-d/149889