I’ve seen this story percolating here and there, and all I can say is that these are the actions of a very disturbed, bizarre, and very possibly closeted man:

(CNN) — For nearly six months, Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, has waged an internet campaign against college student Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Using the online moniker “Concerned Michigan Alumnus,” Shirvell launched his blog in late April.

“Welcome to ‘Chris Armstrong Watch,'” Shirvell wrote in his inaugural blog post. “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.”

Among other things, Shirvell has published blog posts that accuse Armstrong of going back on a campaign promise he made to minority students; engaging in “flagrant sexual promiscuity” with another male member of the student government; sexually seducing and influencing “a previously conservative [male] student” so much so that the student, according to Shirvell, “morphed into a proponent of the radical homosexual agenda;” hosting a gay orgy in his dorm room in October 2009; and trying to recruit incoming first year students “to join the homosexual ‘lifestyle.’ “

What a creep. That’s the kind of man our parents warned us about, I think. Stranger danger! It gets even weirder:

Shirvell acknowledged protesting outside of Armstrong’s house and calling him “Satan’s representative on the student assembly.”

“I’m a Christian citizen exercising my First Amendment rights,” Shirvell told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I have no problem with the fact that Chris is a homosexual. I have a problem with the fact that he’s advancing a radical homosexual agenda.”

It gets even creepier when you watch this interview Shirvell did with Anderson Cooper [Interview starts around 2:55, but the background beforehand is helpful in grasping what’s going on]:

Dude gives me the heebie-jeebies. Anyone else feel like they suddenly need a second shower? And I ask you sincerely: What happened to YOUR gaydar when you watched that video? Because I know what happened to mine.

This is not healthy behavior.  PZ Myers suggests what could be motivating Andrew Shirvell, at heart:

Of course Shirvell is a Christian fanatic. He’s also dishonest: browse his blog and you can tell he is just freaking out over the fact that Armstrong is gay…it’s all he talks about. He’s a militant radical gay activist who hates God, Christians, the unborn, and wants to have gay sex with everyone but Andrew Shirvell.

His commenters are even more blunt.

As for Chris Armstrong, here’s where he stands on the matter:

Michigan Student Assembly President Chris Armstrong publicly responded to verbal and cyber attacks levied against him for the first time at last night’s MSA meeting.

“I will not back down. I will not flinch. I will not falter. I will not succumb to any unwarranted attacks. What I will do is I will carry on with the utmost pride and vindication,” Armstrong read aloud to the assembly from a written statement. “I, along with the rest of this assembly, were elected to this body to represent the University. And nothing said about us, or regarding our personal merits, will waive our commitment to serve the student body.”

[…]

Armstrong said in an interview after last night’s meeting that he wanted to speak to the assembly to confirm his resolution to disregard these types of criticisms levied against him.

“I think it was important for me to say what I said to the assembly this evening, because I think it’s important for them to figure what my mental state is and what I’m going forward with,” Armstrong said.

Obviously Chris Armstrong is the only adult in this equation.

Unfortunately, I’m guessing this is the not the last we’ll be hearing on Andrew Shirvell, so we’ll stay on the story.