The Los Angeles Times reported early Friday morning that the Supreme Court seemed willing this week to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California ... but appeared uncomfortable legalizing same - sex marriage nationwide .
Those of us who claim to be "proud Americans" who live in a "free country" may not feel uncomfortable with same sex marriage being legal across the country, however.
CNN reiterated this week that 9 states currently allow same sex marriage ... so why is it that our 41 other states can't be in favor of it as well? After all, we are the UNITED States, aren't we?
After coming across this highly-debated topic while at work, the PR Whores Online Reputation Management firm predicts that based on this ongoing controversy, the Supreme Court may have an urgent need for improving their image on the internet sometime very soon.
With that being said, here are 3 major reasons why the Supreme Court could benefit from Online Reputation Management immediately following the recent arguments made both for and against gay marriage in all 50 states :
1) President Barack Obama backs civil unions . After previously believing the act of marriage was only to be performed between a man and a woman, President Obama later chose to back civil union rights , which provided many gay and lesbian couples with several of the same privileges of heterosexual couples . If the leader of our country can open his mind to the idea of same sex marriage for Americans ...then why would the Supreme Court rule against this right for 41 other states? For the 120,000 currently married gay / lesbian couples ... this may seem like a no-brainer for other states to jump on the bandwagon. If they don't, all fingers may point the blame to the deeply divided members of the Supreme Court .
2) 54% of Americans believe same sex couples should have the right to legally wed. This significant statistic was taken from a recent CBS News poll... and at 54%, that is technically more than half of us residing in the U.S. who have this opinion. Should the Supreme Court rule to prevent ALL 50 states from legalizing same sex marriage, more than half of Americans could become disgruntled over this decision... which could in turn provoke a series of protests & riots nationwide. If such pandemonium does take place, whom else would Americans blame, but the Supreme Court ? Not a favorable outcome for the Court's reputation... at least in our opinion at the PR Whores firm it isn't.
3) Same - sex marriage is already legal NATIONWIDE in 11 countries across the globe. As Americans we are proud of our flag, our right to vote and even the opportunity to exercise our freedom of speech. We are so proud of being Americans sometimes that there's even a rumor out there that Europeans don't like us (could this be true?!). But as Americans if same sex marriage ISN'T legalized in all 50 states... will we continue to exude that same patriotic pride for our "free country?" Chances are, maybe not.
Let's put it this way: If the Supreme Court rules in favor of same sex marriage for the entire nation, those who helped make that decision will be viewed as heroes. If the Supreme Court decides against it though, their image as a whole could be viewed negatively for quite some time.
Online Reputation Management in cases like these can help improve a company 's (or a major governing body's) image on the internet so bad press won't dictate your reputation on the web .
Businesses who benefit from ORM the services most include:
-- restaurants
-- car dealerships
-- medical practices
-- law firms
Don't get us wrong... the Supreme Court may never need to utilize the digital marketing strategies of our PR Whores team... but we're ready for them (or any other potential clients) in the meantime.
Here's to making that "Rainbow Connection!"
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-gay-marriage-20130327,0,1101487.story
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/politics/court-same-sex-obama/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/07/clinton-urges-supreme-court-to-overturn-doma/
