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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==
(contracted; show full), 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>


In February 2010, the Family Research Council's Senior Researcher for Policy Studies, [[Peter Sprigg]], stated on NBC's ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews|Hardball]]'' that gay behavior should be outlawed and that "criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior" should be enforced.<ref>"CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior?
:PETER SPRIGG: Well, I think certainly-
:MATTHEWS: I’m just asking you, should we outlaw gay behavior?
:SPRIGG: I think that the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which overturned the sodomy laws in this country, was wrongly decided. I think there would be a place for criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior.
:MATTHEWS: So we should outlaw gay behavior.
:SPRIGG: Yes."
February 02, 2010. Hardball, MSNBC.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xEJPvQr9Bc statement at 8:37], [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35224225/ transcript]</ref> In May that same year, Sprigg publicly suggested that repealing [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]] policy  would encourage molestation of heterosexual service members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/family-research-council-labeled-hate-group-by-splc-over-anti-gay-rhetoric.php?ref=tn|title=Family Research Council Labeled 'Hate Group' By SPLC Over Anti-Gay Rhetoric|publisher=Talking Points Memo|accessdate=2010-11-26}}</ref> In November 2010, Perkins was asked about Sprigg's comments regarding the criminalization of same-sex behavior: he responded that criminalizing homosexuality is not  a goal of the Family Research Council.<ref name="Nov29Hardball">{{cite web|title=Perkins, Potok spar over hate group|url=http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/perkins-potok-spar-over-hate-group/17y86wzma|work=Hardball with Chris Matthews|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=December 8, 2010 [Broken Link]}}</ref><ref name=perkinssortof>{{cite web|url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/11/30/tony-perkins-defends-family-research-council-sort-of|title=Tony Perkins Defends Family Research Council, Sort Of|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=2010-11-30}}</ref>⏎
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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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