Court rulings allowing gay marriage is an example of a change in which components of an organization's external environment

Sociocultural and Political/Legal Environment

Explanation:

Court rulings allowing gay marriage affects both the sociocultural environment and the political-legal environment.

It affects the sociocultural environment in the sense that

socio-cultural environment the beliefs, customs, practices and behavior that exists within the population were altered;

It affects the political-legal environment because the change was effected by combination of a lot of factors such as the current political party in power, the efficiency of the current government, government policies, current legal framework,

chavez's example shows that nonviolent protest can work well. it shows that one nonviolent man can stop a mob, which proves chavez's point and persuades people to protest nonviolently.