One of the stranger stories we've ever read involving an assistant attorney general took a turn on Friday, when Michigan's assistant attorney general, Andrew Shirvell, went on personal leave.

The move comes after weeks of intense public scrutiny of Shirvell, who attracted a lot of attention for his personal blog, which repeatedly rips the University of Michigan's student president, Chris Armstrong, who is openly gay. Click herefor the Detroit News story; herefor the Ann Arbor News story.

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