"well reasoned appellate decision".
To achieve that you would HAVE TO APPEAL THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION.
So it appears you were the quick one to "grab anything that looks as if it might help"
Here again is the link to the LGBT Bar Association's first and highest award winner and a leading legal authority that publishes on LGBT issues in peer review publications' post yesterday indicating that she does not agree with those that "(castigate) the Obama administration for defending the constitutionality of these statutes".
http://hunterforjustice.typepad.com/hunter_of_justice/2... In charachterizing those that understand why DoJ has to appeal you are putting Professor Hunter in the same category.