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

==Biography==
Peter Sprigg earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Drew University]] in 1979.<ref name="frc"/> He received his [[Master of Divinity]] degree from [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] 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>{{Verify credibility|date=July 2011}}<ref>[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 Patricia M. Stockland, ''Same-Sex Marriage'', ABDO, 2007, p. 24]</ref>{{Verify 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 [[brainwash]] children into accepting homosexuality through [[state school|public school]]s.<ref>Cynthia Burack, Jyl J. Josephson, ''Fundamental differences: feminists talk back to social conservatives'', [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2003, p. 177 [http://books.google.com/books?id=FYtEQr8nFsUC&pg=PA177&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=mxQdTs6dBMK30AHRh7jcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false]</ref> He has suggested [[Kevin Jennings]] may have engaged in [[statutory rape]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=43PgkFInBFYC&pg=PA90&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=mxQdTs6dBMK30AHRh7jcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false Mark Dice, ''The New World Order'', 2010, p. 90]</ref> He is [[pro-life]].<ref>Marcia Carlson (ed.), Paula England (ed.), ''Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America'', [[Palo Alto, California]]: [[Stanford University Press]], 2011, p. 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=KGM_Ejwj-RgC&pg=PA60&dq=%22peter+sprigg%22&hl=en&ei=4hQdTrrpL-6z0AH9l_TDBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20sprigg%22&f=false]</ref>

He is an ordained Baptist minister, and he served as pastor of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church in [[Clifton Park, New York]].<ref name="frc"/> He now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.<ref name="frc"/>

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book  | last1 = Sprigg | first1 = Peter. | title = Outrage : how gay activists and liberal judges are trashing democracy to redefine marriage | year = 2004 | publisher = [[Regnery Publishing]] : Lanham | location = Washington, DC | isbn = 0-89526-021-2 | pages =  }}
*{{Cite book  | last1 = Sprigg | first1 = Peter. | last2 = Dailey | first2 = Timothy. | last3 =  | first3 =  | title = Getting It Straight: What the Research Shows about Homosexuality | year = 2004 | publisher = Family Research Council | location = Washington, D.C. | isbn = 1-55872-009-X | pages =  }}

==See also==
{{portal-inline|Conservatism}}

==References==
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