Log Cabin Republican Lawyers File for Permanent Injunction Against 'DADT'

Admittedly, I typically have little use for the Log Cabin Republicans who I equate as the of Jews who would be members of the NAZI party. As a former Republican - an activist even - I know full well that there is no changing the GOP from within. Nothing short of crushing electoral defeats will force the GOP to change. True, there are some future thinking people in the GOP, but in reality they carry no weight and are viewed with disdain by the rank and file grass roots Kool-Aid drinkers. Hence why I left the GOP and until recently have had no official party affiliation - and even then I took that step to force local Democrats to hear the concerns of LGBT citizens. However, with the case of Log Cabin Republicans V. United States of America in which a federal District Court struck down DADT as unconstitutional, the LCR hit a home run. Not that it will endear them with most LGBT Americans or even less with members of the GOP and far right. Now, LCR has filed for a permanent injunction (LGBT Pov has the filing) which would bar the enforcement of DADT unless the case is appealed. (NOTE: The law firm White & Case, which is representing the LCR is a mega international law firm and no light weight in the legal world) Here are highlights from the Los Angeles Times:
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A week after a federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. government’s ban on gays serving openly in the military unconstitutional, attorneys for the Republican organization that filed the lawsuit asked the court to permanently and immediately ban defense agencies from enforcing the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. The U.S. Department of Justice has seven days to respond to the proposed injunction. Agency officials could not be reached for comment Thursday.
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In her opinion, Phillips said the evidence presented showed that the policy had a detrimental effect on the armed services, including leading to the dismissal of “critical” military personnel. She noted that the Pentagon also violated the policy when it saw fit, routinely delaying the discharge of service members suspected of violating the law until they completed their deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Log Cabin Republicans attorney Dan Woods, from the White & Case law firm in Los Angeles, said leaders of the organization have been invited to discuss the case with members of the Obama administration in the next few days.
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Justice officials and other legal experts have questioned whether the federal judge has the legal authority to issue an injunction prohibiting the policy from being enforced worldwide throughout the military, as opposed to just her judicial district in California. Woods, however, argued that past federal court rulings show that Phillips clearly possesses that authority.

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Clearly, this case has put the fire to the feet of Obama and the Congressional Democrats. As I have noted before, courts of law and the rules of evidence and prescribed burdens of proof will show that DADT is unconstitutional and when stripped of all else arises from one thing: illegal religious based discrimination.