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Peter S. Sprigg (born 1957) is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.. [1] Family Research Council has been designated an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [2]
Peter Sprigg earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drew University in 1979 and his Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1997. [1] [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.). [1]
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. [1] 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 an anti-abortion [15] ordained Baptist minister, and has served as pastor of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church in Clifton Park, New York. [1] He now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son. [1]
Family Research Council (FRC) is an American fundamentalist Protestant activist group, with an affiliated lobbying organization. FRC promotes what it considers to be family values by advocating and lobbying for policies in government.
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