Big LGBT news: FL won't appeal gay adoption ruling; federal judge orders immediate injunction against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

According to the New York Times, Phillips said "the law doesn't help military readiness and instead has a 'direct and deleterious effect' on the armed services by hurting recruiting during wartime and requiring the discharge of service members with critical skills and training." She also said it "violates the free-speech and due process rights of service members."

This isn't over yet — the Department of Justice has 60 days to appeal. And it's still President Obama's preference that Congress make the final decision to do away with DADT, with the idea that such a decision would be less easily overturned.

But Log Cabin attorney Dan Woods refutes that position, according to the Times: "Woods said the administration should be seizing the opportunity to let a judge do what politics has been unable to do."