On Friday, attorneys for the Log Cabin Republicans filed an appeal with the U. S. Supreme Court in hopes of finally overthrowing the ban on openly homosexual troops serving in the military.

The gay and lesbian group had expressed opposition to last week’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to indefinitely uphold the 1993 law.

In a Nov. 1 statement, Log Cabin Executive Director R. Clarke Cooper said, “Log Cabin Republicans is disappointed that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will continue to burden our armed forces, undermine national security and limit the freedom of our men and women in uniform. “

Cooper also urged President Barack Obama “use his statutory stop-loss power to halt discharges under this discriminatory and wasteful policy.”

The Obama administration has fought to uphold DADT against U.S. District Court Judge Virginnia Phillips’ Oct. 12 injunction in federal court, gaining first a temporary stay until November and later securing an indefinite stay.

The president, however, has made it clear that he wants Congress to repeal the law. A defense authorization with provisions that would put an end to DADT has already has passed the U.S. Senate. Obama wants to pass the bill in the House during the lame duck session before the GOP takes it over in 2011.

Sen. John McCain (R- Ariz.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, has promised to filibuster any attempt to pass a repeal prior to the Department of Defense’s Dec. 1 military readiness report.

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