in a statement in the washington sentinel , the executive director of 21st contemporary democrats , mark lotwis , said the complaint " frivolous " and said : " we ' re going to defend our organization ' s integrity " . beacon media spokeswoman valerie beroset said that the original forum " is in no way christian in nature and any claim to the contrary is simply absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a party to this complaint and have no learned knowledge of it , we can only assumption that we are being used as a legal and political football to further the plaintiff " s own financial interests . " the new delhi lawsuit was reported april 14 , and is still in early filing stages . a conference with the special government clerk in the courtroom has been scheduled for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.