in a statement in the washington times , the senior director of 21st century democrats , mark lotwis , labeled the lawsuit " frivolous " and stated : " we ' re going to defend our individual ' s integrity " . higher education spokeswoman deborah beroset claimed that the landmark forum " is in no way religious in content and any claim to the plaintiffs is simply absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no knowledge knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and political board to further the plaintiff " s own financial investments . " the new york lawsuit was filed april 14 , and is still in initial filed stages . a conference with the federal court judge in the case has been fixed for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.