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Minn. Kampf. (Politics).


It was bad enough when Minnesota state representative Arlon Lindner Arlon Lindner (born 1935-08-03) was a legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives serving district 33A from 1993—2002 and district 32A from 2003—2004 (after the 2002 redistricting). He is a Republican.  introduced a bill that would repeal the state's pro-gay human rights amendment and remove sexual orientation sexual orientation
n.
The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces.
 from its hate-crimes law. But then the Republican went on to suggest that the Nazis did not persecute per·se·cute  
tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes
1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.

2.
 gay people during World War II.

In an attempt to explain himself March 10, Lindner offended even more people. "What I am trying to prevent is the holocaust of our children getting STDs, AIDS, and various other diseases that are going to affect their lives," he said on the house floor. "If you want to sit around here and wait until America becomes another African continent, well, then, you do that, but I'm going to do something about it."

He may have trouble doing anything about it in the state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system.

The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions:
, though. Several of Lindner's colleagues have filed ethics complaints against him previously, and house speaker Steve Sviggum Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota Republican politician, and a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented House District 28B in rural southeast Minnesota, including his hometown of Kenyon.  said he had considered stripping him of his leadership position but decided against it.
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Title Annotation:Minnesota state representative Arlon Lindner
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U4MN
Date:Apr 15, 2003
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