ABSTRACT
Social reform movements commonly rely on a number of strategies to achieve their goal of creating a more egalitarian society. Although some groups within the movement tend to focus their efforts on one strategy to the exclusion of others, most employ a variety of approaches, including lobbying government officials, political mobilization, public education, and litigation. This chapter focuses on the role that litigation played in the lesbian and gay (LG) community’s efforts to bring about marriage equality in Canada, South Africa, and the United States.
