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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"/>

Sprigg joined the 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 [https://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>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2011}}<ref>[https://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>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2011}} He has linked homosexuality to [[pedophilia]],<ref>Fritz Cropp, Cynthia M. Frisby, Dean Mills, ''Journalism across cultures'', [[Wiley-Blackwell]], 2003, p. 89 [https://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 schools]].<ref>Cynthia Burack, Jyl J. Josephson, ''Fundamental differences: feminists talk back to social conservatives'', [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2003, p. 177 [https://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, Don't Tell]] would encourage molestation of heterosexual members of the military<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> and suggested [[Kevin Jennings]] may have engaged in [[statutory rape]].<ref>[https://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> 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 –
: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> 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 Perkins Defends Family Research Council, Sort Of|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=2010-11-30}}</ref>

Sprigg is a [[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 [https://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"/>

==Published works==
* {{Cite book | 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  }}
* {{Cite book  | 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   }} (with Timothy Dailey)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{C-SPAN|petersprigg}}

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