Lindner Arlon

American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, District 33A from 1993—2002 and District 32A from 2003—2005 (after the 2002 redistricting). The districts included portions of Hennepin and Wright counties. In 2003, Keith Ellison and a group of fellow DFLers of the Minnesota House of Representatives filed an ethics complaint against Lindner for a speech he made denying that homosexuals were targeted by the Nazis and were slain in the Holocaust. He made several comments on the floor of the House while he introduced a bill that would "repeal the states pro-gay human rights amendment and remove sexual orientation from its hate-crimes law." This led to Lindner being denied the Republican endorsement in the 2004 elections, so he ran as an independent, but lost the election with only 19.3% of the votes in the general election. Lindner moved to Corcoran, Minnesota around 1987. He was married with four children. He lost parts of two fingers in a work-related accident at Schweigert Foods Company. He died on 1 February 2021 in Rogers, Minnesota at age 85. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less