Peter Sprigg
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Peter S. Sprigg (born 1957[1]) is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C..[2]
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.[2][3] 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.).[2]
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.[2] He has testified before federal, state and local courts on these issues.[4][5] He has argued that gay marriage is not an issue of civil rights.[6][unreliable source?][7][unreliable source?] He has linked homosexuality to pedophilia,[8] and argued that homosexuals are trying to brainwash children into accepting homosexuality through public schools.[9] Sprigg has publicly suggested that repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would encourage molestation of heterosexual members of the military[10] and suggested Kevin Jennings may have engaged in statutory rape.[11] In February 2010, Sprigg stated on NBC's Hardball that Lawrence v. Texas was wrongly decide by the U.S. Supreme Court and that "criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior" should be enforced;[12] FRC President Tony Perkins later declared that criminalizing homosexuality is not a goal of the Council.[13][14]
Sprigg is a pro-life[15] ordained Baptist minister, and has served as pastor of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church in Clifton Park, New York.[2] He now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.[2]
Published works
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References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Family Research Council website, May 8, 2010
- ↑ 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")
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, Jan 27 2010, A Referendum on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 [2]
- ↑ Maryland House of Delegates Marriage Amendment Act, House bill 1345, Feb 28, 2008 [3]
- ↑ Ken Ham, A. Charles Ware, Todd A. Hillard, Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots, New Leaf Publishing Group, 2007, p. 174 [4]
- ↑ Patricia M. Stockland, Same-Sex Marriage, ABDO, 2007, p. 24
- ↑ Fritz Cropp, Cynthia M. Frisby, Dean Mills, Journalism across cultures, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, p. 89 [5]
- ↑ Cynthia Burack, Jyl J. Josephson, Fundamental differences: feminists talk back to social conservatives, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, p. 177 [6]
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- ↑ Mark Dice, The New World Order, 2010, p. 90
- ↑ "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."
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- ↑ Marcia Carlson (ed.), Paula England (ed.), Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America, Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press, 2011, p. 60 [7]
