Exclusive: Photos show Michigan official protesting at gay rights rally

By John Byrne
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 14:55 EST
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Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan Assistant Attorney General who appeared on CNN last night to defend his crusade against an openly gay student, was photographed in May 2010 carrying an anti-gay sign to a pro-gay rights rally.

Raw Story has obtained these photos exclusively.

When Fred Phelps and the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church announced a demonstration against a gay themed play performed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the local gay community planned a counter-protest. No one from Westboro showed up, but one of the church’s apparent local supporters did: Andrew Shirvell.

Shirvell carried a sign referencing student Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president at the university: “Chris Armstrong MSA Prez = Racist LIAR, Order of Angell = KKK.”

The Order of Angell referred to on Shirvell’s placard is a senior honor society at the university.

Shirvell, a Michigan alum, has acknowledged ownership of a blog dedicated to ousting Armstrong from his student leadership position. The blog claimed, among other things, that Armstrong was engaged in “homosexual recruitment.” He’s also acknowledged protesting outside Armstrong’s residence.

Shirvell’s anti-Armstrong crusade has gone on for six months — mostly at his blog. In his inaugural blog post in April, he wrote, “This is a site for concerned University of Michigan alumni, students, and others who oppose the recent election of Chris Armstrong — a RADICAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST, RACIST, ELITIST, & LIAR — as the new head of student government.”

For more information and to see Shirvell’s CNN appearance, visit: Michigan official defends calling gay student ‘Satan’s representative’ and protesting outside his house.

The online activism site Change.org has begun a petition effort to press the state’s Attorney General, Mike Cox to fire Shirvell. Cox will be appearing on Anderson Cooper’s 360 on CNN tonight at 10pm.

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  • Anonymous

    Homophobia is the first sign of “closet homosexuality”

  • Anonymous

    These people are something else. It would be laughable if it wasn’t so scary.

  • http://www.nornsisland.com Norn Cutson

    This is beyond crazy stalkerdom, and I hope Chris Armstrong is protecting himself & taking his 2nd Ammendment rights seriously.

  • Anonymous

    Those who protest the loudest are most often the ones who need to be asking or telling themselves something.

  • Anonymous

    Michigan is trying to replace Alaska.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/KY46YVPQ2W77PBBTXJQXRKNBBQ Spouse

    How can this MORON be an assistant Attorney General in Michigan when it is very clear he doesn’t view all people equally and cannot serve equal protection under the law with such disgusting behavior.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OWMIFQE6UKIWV2S6JXYJ7O54VA Brad Cerenzia

    Saw him on Anderson Cooper last night and Shirvell is a loon! It was an enjoyable interview to watch – just seeing Shirvell expose himself as a bigot, a liar, a loon and an obsessed, dangerous boy.

  • Anonymous

    Well the army gave up recruiting gays, its nice of Mr Anderson to make them feel wanted. Mr Shirvell is just bitter he missed out on the good times.

  • BobSanDiego

    Gaydar active…off the charts! This Shirvell person is not a well man.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PRMLAYEYI4BK3HXGRXJFFUORVM SumTime

    He looks like PeeWee Herman. I wonder if he knows that homophobia is an indicator of latent homosexuality? I bet his dick looks like it’s shriveled.

  • Hologram5

    WOW is all I have to say…

  • Anonymous

    Im sorry, but every time I see this guys picture I cant help hearing, “Everyone I know has a big but. Tell me about your big but Simone.”

  • Wombat Weatheraxe

    Is anyone taking action to get this cretin out of government? He is obviously sick and obsessed with the issue I pity the people of Michigan who have enough trouble as it is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/milowent Milo A. Wendt

    “i have a sign” “me too” lol.

  • Anonymous

    As a two-score-and-ten-year resident and regular voter and taxpayer of the State of Michigan, I hereby call for the speedy resignation and/or removal of Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan Assistant Attorney General. As an officer of the Court, I suspect that he has a duty to hide his bias (and, I suspect, his sexual orientation – looking pretty GAY there, Andy!). This is one person we don’t need on our payroll.

  • http://twitter.com/The_Jaded_Angel Jaded Angel

    Gaydar activated.DING!! DING!! DING!! We have a winner!!!!!!

    Omg! What a nut job!! Mr.Andrew Shirvell needs to be fired on the grounds of racist hate speech. How can this clown be an assistant Attorney General in Michigan? Mr.Andrew Shirvell is nothing more than an immature cyber-stalker/stalker/cyber-bully who appears to be jealous and obsessed with a college student…time to grow up Mr. Andrew Shirvell.

  • Anonymous

    He is certainly determined.
    Notice that everyone around him in the photos is openly laughing at him.
    Good thing for him that he has the Bible on his side.
    Otherwise he’d be just another sexually repressed republican.

  • http://twitter.com/jerseyblueboy Karim Walker

    another possible closet case, perchance?

  • Anonymous

    Wow. That’s some heavy duty doth protesting; ie, closeted stalking Mr. Andrew Shirvell!

  • Anonymous

    Shirvel needs to be fired. And he needs to get his tuition money back, because he obviously
    didn’t learn anything in school.

  • Anonymous

    Why doesn’t Andrew just ASK Chris for a date and be done with it??

  • Anonymous

    Like the party at the the mansion, that never happened, that Mr. Cox attended. AG Cox says he(Shervill) can do whatever on his own time? Commit felonies by stalking and probably using his offices resources, to harass this man. Do you think Mr. Armstrong became gay to deteriorate our country and values and be persecuted by all the homophobs in our society? Mr. Shervill you are suppose to be looking out for the citizens of MI, not your personal vendetta’s. Mr. Cox do your job and fire him now, and, or, quit yourself!

  • Anonymous

    This guy IS AMERICA.

  • http://twitter.com/worldojeff Jeff Stork

    Okay, since 100% of rabid homophobes turn out to be closet cases, and most customarily in a spectacularly hypocritical manner, I think we can conclude that Mr Shirvell wants cock really, really bad, and he is clearly threatened by the notion of a well adjusted gay person as that is something he will CLEARLY never be. In the meantime, the AG emerges as the laughing stock of the intelligent world for tolerating such grotesquely inappropriate and blatantly illegal behavior.

  • Anonymous

    More proof that the GOP isn’t a bigoted racist party?

  • Anonymous

    well put

  • Anonymous

    that poor little guy

    he fears what he is

  • Anonymous

    I bet the are both bottoms.

  • Anonymous

    Possible ? She’s a Queen

  • Anonymous

    When will people like this learn that they are simply outing themselves?

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think any representative of a state or federal government could keep their job carrying a sign around like that…especially one who is an Assistant Attorney General.

  • DesertSun59

    I have a sign! Brilliant.

  • DesertSun59

    And proof that he’s closeted.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7PHQERPCCS5KMEXW3NNPEFISQ David in Houston

    Couldn’t agree more. I heard him talk on A.C. 360. The guy is a MAJOR closet-case…. and he’s not fooling anyone.

  • Anonymous

    Listening to him all I could think of was PeeWee Herman…..

  • Anonymous

    It’s sad and scary to think that his job gives him authority over non-straight people. He’s so messed up that he could not possibly give a gay person a fair hearing. Pathetic little man; he really hates himself.

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  • Anonymous

    Finally hit me dead on.

  • Anonymous

    Finally hit me dead on.

  • Anonymous

    Who do you think taught him? Engler buried MI

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432028332 Linda Williams

    I hope he is not married. And if he is he should consider not having children. It is a matter of time before he figures it out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432028332 Linda Williams

    Yeah, that’s it. Couldn’t put my finger on his resemblance.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432028332 Linda Williams

    Just not too swift. Ha!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432028332 Linda Williams

    It makes one wonder what kind of home he grew up in that made him so unaware of himself.

  • http://twitter.com/smartin007 Stephen Martin

    I see him and Glen Beck getting married in 5 years. Yep.

  • Anonymous

    Looks like he keeps a butt-plug with a ten foot drop cord to me.

  • Anonymous

    Clearly Armstrong should be filing stalking charges at the very least. Chances are VERY GOOD this creep is using his official capacity to sift through his personal records and God (if there is one) only knows what all this dirtbag is up to or who all he is stalking

  • Anonymous

    Shrivall should be caught holding a sign that says ´´I work for COX! (´´Cocks´´, that is)´´

  • Anonymous

    Positively maked Divine look butch.

  • http://www.windstonemusic.com hourglass1

    “i think everybody here is cute”
    “i have a sign”
    “me too”

    ha! these are really funny … him, not so much …

  • Anonymous

    (Not that there’s anything wrong with that).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Henry/100000742893933 Don Henry

    My understanding is it is NOT illegal. Although he is a public employee, he has a right to free speech, the same right I have to call him an uptight piece of shit who needs to yank the log out of his ass and replace it with the proper appendage. If he was protesting during working hours, or blatantly using his position from within the AG’s office to harrASS the student, then he would be up shit creek without a condom.

    The same right to free speech this POS has also works in multiple directions. I.E.: I’m sure there are MORE than enough gay positive individuals in Michigan that a sizable contingent could protest outside of Shirvell’s home for a couple months. Maybe a PA system to play, amongst other choices, YMCA for 12 hours STRAIGHT.

    I can’t believe that progressives are this unimaginative. Why do we not use their own tactics against the forces of division/hate/war/intelligence?

  • Anonymous

    Years ago there was the @home internet company that worked with local cable operators to provide broadband internet service to those who didn’t offer it. One of the cable companies they signed up was Cox. Guess what the new service was called (before marketing caught on)?

    Cox @home

    True story.

  • Anonymous

    I dunno, edwards_com… Put them side-by-side and Andrew makes Scott look like a “10″ on the Butch-o-Meter!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kurt-Peterson/1476466090 Kurt Peterson

    Everything about this screams, “rejected advances by sexual predator lead to vengeful stalking of intended victim” in my mind.

    Also love the counterprotestors’ signs.

  • http://twitter.com/ariuszme BJ

    I am speechless, flabbergasted that this guy is holding a public office.

  • Lodewijk

    More closet cases. Please, someone, find a psychologist who can get through to these people. No sane, heterosexual person gets this worked up about gays. Seriously.

    Usually it’s men who get almost hysterical about gay people, and these same men–Eddie Long, Ken Mehlman, Larry Craig, etc.–are repressed and/or closeted. This guy sounds like one for that club. He needs help. No sane hetero would be doing this.

  • Anonymous

    What is just unbelievable is the hypocrisy coming from the Racist , lying republicans.
    They attack others with their signs of racist , terrorist and other despicable lies toward others, and they have the nerve to call others racist.

    They must get all there information to attack others by looking in the mirror in the morning.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_K37XS65IACZ2QX3QULIKEEOANY Gary Gropp

    Shirvell appears to me as a perverted, deranged person with a twisted mind and too much time on his hands.

  • Anonymous

    No worries, such a man is not turned on by women…

  • Anonymous

    Shirvell = Gay face

  • Anonymous

    Soon as I saw him in the pic my “gaydar” alarm started ringing!

  • Anonymous

    LOL!

  • Anonymous

    Um, Karl Rove is married.

  • scytherius

    Fu** this pig. he is a TeaBagging bigot and hate monger. GOD I wish there were a Hell cause these people would sure as shit be in it. I would love to meet him at a rally on the other side. I say again … fu** this pig.

  • scytherius

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! You sound like that Seinfeld episode.

  • Anonymous

    Right, but Karl Rove is the type of person who will tap into the fear and prejudices of others. He is not homophobic. Actually, the man who raised him turned out to be gay, and they were quite close.

    Shirvell quite clearly has a homosexual skeleton in his closet.

  • Anonymous

    As an “exclusive” article for Rawstory..this is one of the most pressing issues you could spend time reporting? Just curious….

  • Benway for the Nova Police

    Shirvell=Moron
    ^
    | Dumb shit

  • Benway for the Nova Police

    What I don’t get is where they get the KKK association. It’s like they have no idea what the KKK is.

    By the way, did anyone else notice the resemblance to Peewee Herman? Hmmm, looking at Google, a lot of folks have.

  • http://www.dynastymanager.com/teampage2.php?u=Bovandy&sport=ncaa_fb Bo Vandy

    an ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL carrying out this kind of personal vendetta? I’d say it’s relatively important

  • http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

    My state hired this mentally unbalanced closet case to assist the attorney general???

    This is a collective facepalm moment for all of Michigan.

  • Anonymous

    I submit that this behavior of an AAG is a ethical violation and should be investigated by the State’s ethics commisssion.
    This character needs to be dealt with by his superiors!

  • Anonymous

    I am a citizen of Michigan and am not surprised AG Mike Cox hasn’t gotten rid of this guy. Everything Cox has done for the last few years was politically motivated due to his quest to be Governor. Gladly, that is not happening this time around. So now, at least, maybe he will do the right thing just because it is the right thing to do and get rid of this a**. Then again…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Alexander-Gutierrez/679977600 Eric Alexander Gutierrez

    Im all for freedom of speech, however its freedom of thought that needs to be utilized more often…. i hope you read this FOX NEWS

  • dan

    This kook is really pissed that he himself is gay. He may be more sincere than, say, Ted Haggart, who w as so active with prostitutes and meth while spearheading anti gay legislation

  • Anonymous

    I made a comment!…

  • Anonymous

    next thing you know they will be pulling him over for a DUI leaving a gay bar…or leaving a KKK meeting…

  • Anonymous

    next thing you know they will be pulling him over for a DUI leaving a gay bar…or leaving a KKK meeting…

  • Anonymous

    It’s very obvious that Shrivel is attracted to Armstrong and this is the only thing he can do to demonstrate that he is not Gay.

  • Prattvictory

    Clearly this guy has some major issues and it isn’t going to end well for him.

  • http://www.windstonemusic.com hourglass1

    ahh, and you did too! good boy! that’s a good boy!

  • Anonymous

    we all know the old adage….. about pretesting too much…. Shirvell needs to work on his internal demons …. poor guy.

  • Anonymous

    That loser needs to get a life.

  • Anonymous

    This character needs to be prosecuted by his superiors

  • Anonymous

    Karl Rove is a sociopath who will use anything he can find to defeat his enemies and drive them into the ground. I’m sure he personally has no problem with gay people, even the ones who should be prison raping him right now

  • lyris

    He’s projecting. If anyone resembles the KKK as fascist racist group it is shirvell. I hope enough people in Michigan will demand he be fired since he can’t be trusted to be a credible assistant general attorny.

  • lyris

    Or some decency.

  • lyris

    I think it is.

  • lyris

    I couldn’t disagree more.

  • lyris

    Funny

  • lyris

    Lots of closet gays get married. Look at limbaugh. How many times was rove married?

  • lyris

    I always thought rove looked like someone who got tons of sonic wedgies.

  • lyris

    But if a lot of people of Michigan sign petitions against him it could get him fired.

  • lyris

    Lord I hope not, America is better than that. It’s bad enough we have teabagging/gop running around with teabags hanging of their hats and saying stupid things, we don’t want him representing us either.

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