URLRequest: forward slashes in website URL greys out rest of line like a comment

[rorose]

After the double forward slashes in the website address, the rest of the line gets greyed or commented out in the Script Pane. How come?

[
function gotoSoccerSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var soccerURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/”);
navigateToURL(soccerURL);
}

function gotoSoftballSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var softballURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.softball.org/”);
navigateToURL(softballURL);
}

function gotoAllianceSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var allianceURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.nays.org/”);
navigateToURL(allianceURL);
}

soccer_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoSoccerSite);
]