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The Firestorm Over
Rep. Arlon Lindner's Anti-Gay Remarks
Anti-Gay Holocaust Denier Avoids
Discipline
April 25: A Minnesota state representative who
had been accused of bringing discredit on the legislature by his allegations
that no gays died in Nazi death camps, that gays actually helped Hitler's rise
to power and that the gay community was attempting to rewrite history, has
avoided a reprimand from his peers. A House Ethics
Committee motion to censure Rep. Arlon Lindner failed in a 2-2
vote. *April 24: Ethics Board Deadlocks Over
Linder's Anti-Gay Comments.
[Flashback Back to day one, what did
Lindner say and do, to created this
controversy.]
*Feb
7: Minnesota Public
Radio news article and two
audio clips, going back to when Linder first proposed repealing state human rights
protections for people based on their sexual orientation. And
the subsequent backlash of a flood of calls and emails
denouncing Lindner's proposal and beginning of his anti-gay diatribes and
remarks. Rep. Arlon Lindner & Gay Sen. Scot Dibble Discussing
Lindner's, Anti-Gay Rights
Bill.
Ethics Committee Hears
Testimony in Antigay Lawmaker's Case
April
9: The political
future of a Republican lawmaker is in hands of House Ethics Committee, which
took testimony in a complaint over comments that offended both the gay and
African American communities. Lawmakers are scrutinizing Lindner's
statements made about
homosexuals.
Related Articles on
Anti-Gay Rep. Arlon Lindner
*Mar
11: Ethics Complaint Lodged
Against Rep. Arlon Lindner
*Mar
10: Holocaust Survivor
Condemns Lindner for Questioning Gay Persecution by Nazi's, I Was
There.....
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