Mich assistant AG's conduct condemned

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The conduct of an assistant state attorney general accused of harassing the openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan has been condemned in a resolution unanimously passed by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.

The commission said in a statement Wednesday that Andrew Shirvell's "conduct should not be tolerated from anyone, let alone a public official responsible for representing all people equally."

Shirvell started a blog in April that regularly lambasted 21-year-old Chris Armstrong as a racist with a "radical homosexual agenda." Shirvell remains on personal leave.

Armstrong this month requested a personal protection against Shirvell, claiming the 30-year-old lawyer frequently harassed him over a five-month period. An Oct. 25 hearing is set.

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