in a statement in the maryland post , the executives director of 21st era republican , mark lotwis , called the case " frivolous " and added : " we ' re going to challenge our organization ' s integrity " . landmark education spokeswoman deborah beroset said that the landmark forum " is in no way religious in nature and any claim to the contrary is simply reasonable , " and asked : " while we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assumptions that we are being used as a legal and politics forward to further the plaintiff " s own financial interests . " the original zealand lawsuit was filed april 14 , and is still in advance filing stages . a conference with the appeals court clerk in the complaint has been scheduled for july 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.