in a statement in the cleveland times , the executive director of 21st 2000s democratic , matthew lotwis , called the lawsuit " frivolous " and said : " we ' re trying to defend our community ' s integrity " . higher university spokeswoman deborah beroset said that the landmark forum " is in no way church in nature and any threat to the contrary is simply absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no learned knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and constitutional football to further the plaintiff " s own financial independence . " the new york lawsuit was filed april 14 , and is still in early filing days . a conversation with the federal court judge in the case has been scheduled for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.