New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and lesbian New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn have joined the growing choir of individuals calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.

On Thursday, attorneys representing the City of New York -- as well as Bloomberg and Quinn in their official capacities -- filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the justices to take up lesbian Edith Windsor's challenge to DOMA, known as Windsor v. United States.