in a statement in the washington post , the executive secretary of 21st century democratic , mark lotwis , deemed the suit " lawsuits " and said : " we ' re going to defend our organization ' s integrity " . landmark school spokeswoman deborah beroset said that the landmarks forum " is in no kind ecclesiastical in nature and any claim to the contrary is simply absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a person to this lawsuit and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and campaign footballer to further the plaintiff " s own economic aspirations . " the new york lawsuit was lodged april 14 , and is still in early registration steps . a conference with the local appellate judge in the trial has been scheduling for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.