Words From the Heart

In order to know what I'm talking about You have to know what's been going on in the media between Chris Amstrong, the University of Michigan's first openly gay student body president, and Michigan's Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Shirvell. If you haven't been following the story, I invite you to view this video, which is a brief summary of the whole thing that's been going on.

Now, in writing this blog, I come to you not as a homosexual, not as a teenager, not as a man, but as a human being. It is people like Andrew Shirvell that really make me hate calling myself, not only an American Citizen, but a human being. Shirvell has posted blogs calling Chris Amstrong a, "RADICAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST, RACIST, ELITIST, & LIAR." and another with with a photo of a swastika superimposed over a gay pride flag and an arrow pointing at Armstrong.

According to Shirvell, Chris is a 'RADICAL GAY ACTIVIST' because he chose to use the little bit of spotlight he gained as the student body president, to reach out to gay teens to promote education of suicide hot lines and stronger support programs in high schools and colleges. The three biggest points on Chris' political agenda for the school are longer lunch hours, gender neutral housing, and lower tuition costs. Yeah, sounds like a real plan to take over the earth and force all heterosexuals to become gay!

I understand that Andrew Shirvell has a right to be spouting this idiotic crap. However, all he posts are blatantly disrespectful comments about Chris because of his homosexuality. However, once it comes to literally stalking Chris by showing up at events, showing up at night clubs Chris goes to, and actually following him home and video taping outside his house, that goes a little farther than the first amendment. The man is a state official and this is a very disgraceful example of a human being. It's people like this that make me hate to watch the news anymore. So what? He's gay! Oh my gosh! He's going to recruit all of your children! Get over yourself people.