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Peter Sprigg
'''Peter S. Sprigg''' is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the [[Family Research Council]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name="frc">Family Research Council website, May 8, 2010 [http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=by03f03]</ref>

==Biography==
Peter Sprigg earned a bachelor of arts degree summa cum laude from [[Drew University]] in [[Madison, New Jersey]] with a double major in political science and economics.<ref name="frc"/> He received his master of divinity degree cum laude from [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] in [[South Hamilton, Massachusetts]] in 1997.<ref name="frc"/><ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/journaloffaithsc13bost/journaloffaithsc13bost_djvu.txt Science and the Knowledge of God: From Machine to Metaphor] (Journal of Faith and Science Exchange, 1997)("Peter Sprigg graduated in 1997 with an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary")</ref>  

He worked as an actor and unit leader in [[Covenant Players]], an international Christian drama ministry.<ref name="frc"/> He was an economic development assistant to the late Congressman [[Robert F. Drinan]] (D-Mass.).<ref name="frc"/>

Sprigg joined FRC in 2001, and his research and writing have addressed issues of marriage and family, human sexuality, and religion in public life, and opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] and [[gay rights]].<ref name="frc"/> He has testified before federal, state and local courts on these issues.<ref>District of Columbia Board of Elections, Jan 27 2010, A Referendum on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 [http://dcboee.org/nws/upload_Files/Sprigg_Comments.pdf]</ref><ref>[[Maryland House of Delegates]] Marriage Amendment Act, House bill 1345, Feb 28, 2008 [http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=TS08B03]</ref>

He has argued that gay marriage is not an issue of [[civil rights]].<ref>Ken Ham, A. Charles Ware, Todd A. Hillard, ''Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots'', [[New Leaf Publishing Group]], 2007, p. 174 [http://books.google.com/books?id=gTVdmGfjscwC&pg=PA174&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=pBIdToTmD6Pg0QGJx5XXBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false]</ref>{{vVerify credibility|date=July 2011}}<ref>Patricia M. Stockland, ''Same-Sex Marriage'', ABDO, 2007, p. 24 [http://books.google.com/books?id=M6a-xlwRGDQC&pg=PA24&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=mxQdTs6dBMK30AHRh7jcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false]</ref>{{vVerify credibility|date=July 2011}} He has also linked homosexuality to [[pedophilia]].<ref>Fritz Cropp, Cynthia M. Frisby, Dean Mills, ''Journalism across cultures'', [[Wiley-Blackwell]], 2003, p. 89 [http://books.google.com/books?id=KYCG02U6pcIC&pg=PA89&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=pBIdToTmD6Pg0QGJx5XXBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false]</ref> He has also argued [[homosexual]]s are trying to [[brain(contracted; show full)}}
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