Student Drops Restraining Order Request Against MI Asst AG Who Harassed Him For Being Gay

[Tx4obama]

Source: TPM

Chris Armstrong, student body president at the University of Michigan, dropped his petition today for a restraining order against Andrew Shirvell, the Assistant Attorney General in Michigan.

For several months, Shirvell had been waging a campaign against Armstrong because he is gay. Shirvell blogged about Armstrong's "radical homosexual agenda" and repeatedly allegedly harassed him on campus. A hearing scheduled for today regarding Armstrong's petition has now been canceled.

According to David Jesse at AnnArbor.com, court documents say Armstrong dropped the request because Shirvell "has not contacted me since service of the petition on him."

At the beginning of the month, Shirvell announced that he was taking a leave of absence from the Attorney General's office, following calls for his removal and increased media attention to his blog posts.

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/student_drops_restraining_order_request_against_mi.php?ref=fpa

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Why is an ADULT (and an attorney at that) harassing a college kid?

Has the world gone completely off the ledge?

[L.Torsalo]

2. Shirvell has a closet-crush

on young Mr. Armstrong.

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. +1000

Love and hate are close to each other. Indifference is the opposite of love. Clearly, a strong "crush" is the most likely explanation.

[xchrom]

3. One thing I'm sure of - we haven't heard the last of shirvell.

This campaign he has waged has been disgusting in
The extreme.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. He'll be outed for crusing gay bars

and buying goods from rentboy.com

[Brother Buzz]

4. I wonder how much jingle Shirvell ultimately ponied up?

We'll never know, what with the non-disclosure boilerplate agreement both parties' lawyers hammered out.

[Divine Discontent]

5. didn't hear about that, however, that Shirv guy seems incredibly creepy.

[Brother Buzz]

9. He is indeed an incredibly creepy individual

Pure speculation on a settlement thing because I can't think of any other valid reason why Armstrong would back off. I believe Armstrong's statement is just a cover.

[Divine Discontent]

10. oh, got ya. I agree, it only makes sense, bc why would he drop it, bc that guy is uber stalkery and

seems infatuated with that young man. I would think that the asst. AG is just a closet case, probably raised in a harsh religious house like an old friend of mine who was horribly closeted from a repressive home.

[GodlessBiker]

7. I hope Chris knows what he is doing. These stalkers sometimes can do a lot worse.

[queerart]

8. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid......

Did I mention pretty stupid?

[bullwinkle428]

12. I hope this means that Armstrong has quietly acquired and learned

how to use a handgun!

"Say hello to my little friend, and say goodbye to your balls!"