Andrew Shirvell Fired For Tormenting Gay Student Chris Armstrong

Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell has been

terminated for harassing a gay student, CNN reported.

Shirvell, 30, faced a disciplinary hearing on Friday over accusations

that he tormented twenty-one-year-old Chris Armstrong, the

openly gay president of the Michigan Student Assembly at the

University of Michigan.

On Monday, his boss, Attorney General Mike Cox, announced he

had fired Shirvell.

Shirvell “repeatedly violated office policies, engaged in borderline

stalking behavior and inappropriately used state resources,” Cox said

in a statement.

Cox initially defended Shirvell's actions as free speech, but later

reversed himself.

The civil servant attacked Armstrong on the Internet, at his home and

the official accused the student of preying on impressionable freshman,

of being “Satan's representative on the student assembly,” and labeled

Armstrong a Nazi, a racist, a liar and an elitist.

Cox, a Republican, insisted he was firing Shirvell for persistent

harassment of Armstrong, insisting that Shirvell was not being disciplined

for exercising his First Amendment rights.

The appearance led to a loud outcry against Shirvell, who decided to

take a month-long leave from the attorney general's office. He returned

to work on Friday to attend his hearing.

Armstrong has also filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney

Grievance Commission. In the complaint, Armstrong claims that the

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