Results of The Complaint
A House Ethics Committee motion to censure Lindner failed in a 2-2 vote following party lines. After the motion failed Lindner "told reporters he stands by his comments. 'I certainly do,' he said. Asked whether he regretted saying them, Lindner responded 'not in the least.'" After the committee's decision and still upset with Lindner's comments, Bill English of the Coalition of Black Churches approached Lindner and told him he "offended an entire continent of people." He then called Lindner "a redneck", and the two argued over which one of them was intolerant.
Lindner's bill to remove state human rights protection for gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people did not get a committee hearing and was never brought up for a vote in the House. Governor Tim Pawlenty said he was “deeply troubled by Lindner's comments” adding “From my standpoint, his comments and perspective certainly do not reflect where the Republican Party is or should be.” Pawlenty said he “wouldn't sign Lindner's proposed human rights repeal legislation as written.” This despite “concerns about portions of the current law.” (In his 2002 gubernatorial campaign he called his 1993 vote as a freshman legislator, “to include sexual orientation in the human rights law, which prohibits certain forms of discrimination based on such factors as race, ethnicity, religion and disability status” as “the one vote he regrets.”)
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