What is most interesting in this case is that the ruling by the Supreme Court was in fact not about same-sex marriage, but about same-sex domestic partnerships. Adilson José Moreira describes this process in detail and explains why an incremental approach was the preferred litigation strategy (Moreira, 2012). 3 3īefore it reached the high courts, the question made its way through lower courts. The Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) is the highest court in matters concerning federal law.īoth from 2011, and one administrative act by the National Justice Council (Conselho Nacional de Justiça - CNJ), in 2013. The social battle for same-sex marriage in Brazil played out in the Judiciary and was accomplished through one ruling by the Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal - STF), one ruling by the Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça - STJ), 2 2
