Ross County Courthouse Tower Not To Be Lit for Pride Month?

Chillicothe – The Ross County Commissioners have not agreed to light the courthouse tower to commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month in June. Commissioner David Glass explained his view of that on his Facebook page today.

He reported that last week, the commissioners “were the subject of some controversy, expressed primarily on Facebook.”

Glass wrote that the First Capital PRIDE Coalition had submitted a request by email for a rainbow-colored courthouse tower lighting for the month of June. He said the commissioners deliberated on that on May 27th, but “took no immediate action toward this request, and the Courthouse has not been lit for this purpose.”

Glass wrote that “displays of political activism do not belong on public buildings, especially using government as the vehicle of such activism.”