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'''Peter S. Sprigg''' (born 1957  <ref>[http://www.mylife.com/petersprigg]</ref>) 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 his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Drew University]] in 1979 and his [[Master of Divinity]] from [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] in 1997.<ref name="frc"/><ref>[https://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, and as an economic development assistant to the late Congressman [[Robert F. Drinan]] (D-Mass.).<ref name="frc"/>

(contracted; show full)ynthia 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> and argued that [[homosexual]]s are trying to [[brainwash]] children into accepting homosexuality through [[state school|public school
s]]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> Sprigg has publicly suggested that repealing [[Don't Ask, D(contracted; show full)ark Dice, ''The New World Order'', 2010, p. 90]</ref> In February 2010, Sprigg stated on NBC's ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews|Hardball]]'' that gay behavior should be outlawed and that [[Lawrence v. Texas]] was wrongly decide by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] 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
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: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."
(contracted; show full) [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> ordained Baptist minister, and has 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"/>

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BiPubliographyshed works==
*  {{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  }} (with Timothy Dailey)

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