Jet, I don't agree with Cantor's position on pedophilia, but I don't think it's accurate or fair to say he is "pro-pedophile" coz that could be taken to mean he promotes pedophiles being allowed to abuse children. I think his stance is that he believes pedophilia is for some people (mostly men) an innate sexual orientation & that this needs to be recognized so that therapists & policy makers can come up with more effective methods to help people with the orientation understand their impulses but never act on them.

My understanding is that he thinks shaming pedophiles for their orientation backfires against society's & children's best interests coz it causes pedos to remain in the shadows under a cloak of secrecy, & has the unintentional effect of making them less likely to seek help & more likely to commit crimes of CSA. Apparently many pedos reason that since their deviant sexual desires already make them reviled social pariahs, they really don't have much to lose if they go ahead act out those desires; they're gonna be hated, looked down on & ostracized either way.

Again, I don't necessarily agree with Cantor on this; I don't know enough about the topic. But I think his view is a bit different than simply being "pro-pedophile."