Cleveland Says: Gays Rock!

So guess what?

Apparently, Cleveland just beat out Boston as the host city for the 2014 Gay Games!

That's right. Cleveland is more inclusive than Boston! We win! I'm so proud of my state for seizing this opportunity, and for trying to become more open and welcoming to the gay community.

However, as excited as I was to read about this in the Akron-Beacon Journal, the statement at the bottom of the page disheartened me:

"Ohio.com and the Akron Beacon Journal disable commenting on stories when we believe the feature will be used excessively for anonymous postings that are personal attacks, abusive or hateful. This is one such story."

How sad is that— when a newspaper can't allow comments to be posted beneath an article because of the near certainty that at least one of those comments will be a disgusting expression of bigotry and hate?