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Peter Sprigg
{{notability|bio|date=July 2011}}	
{{Primary sources|date=November 2010}}
'''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==
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: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>
 the FRC President [[Tony Perkins (politician)|Tony Perkins]] later declared that criminalizing homosexuality is not a goal of the 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(contracted; show full)|place of death=
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