in a statement in the washington daily , the executive dean of 21st century democrats , andrew lotwis , called the defense " frivolous " and said : " we ' re going to defend our agency ' s integrity " . progressive organization spokeswoman debbie beroset wrote that the landmark forum " is in no way religious in manner and any claim to the contrary is simply impossible , " and stated : " while we are not a party to this lawsuits and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and political spring to further the victim " s own personal ambitions . " the current york lawsuit was filed march 14 , and is still in earlier filing stages . a conference with the federal court court in the case has been set for august 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.