in a message in the ny journal , the operating commander of 21st millennium republicans , mark lotwis , calling the lawsuit " suits " and said : " we ' re going to respect our organization ' s integrity " . public schools spokeswoman debbie beroset replied that the landmark forum " is in no situation religious in spirit and any claim to the contrary is simply absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a member to this lawsuit and have no firsthand memories of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and political force to further the organization " s own financial interests . " the old jersey claim was filed march 14 , and is still in early litigation , . a conference with the federal appellate referee in the case has been scheduled for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.