in a statement in the maryland hour , the legislative directors of 21st century democrats , chris lotwis , called the plaintiffs " outlandish " and declared : " we ' re going to defend our group ' s sanity " . notable education spokeswoman sally beroset said that the public court " is in no way religious in spirit and any claim to the contrary is simply outrageous , " and concluded : " while we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being cited as a theological and constitutional game to further the plaintiff " s own financial interests . " the second york defense was filed april 14 , and is still in early filing progress . a conference with the federal court judge in the suit has been scheduled for october 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.