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Peter S. Sprigg (born 1957〔()〕) is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C..〔(Family Research Council website, May 8, 2010 )〕 ==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.〔〔(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")〕 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.).〔 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.〔 He has testified before federal, state and local courts on these issues.〔District of Columbia Board of Elections, Jan 27 2010, A Referendum on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 ()〕〔Maryland House of Delegates Marriage Amendment Act, House bill 1345, Feb 28, 2008 ()〕 He has argued that gay marriage is not an issue of civil rights.〔Ken Ham, A. Charles Ware, Todd A. Hillard, ''Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots'', New Leaf Publishing Group, 2007, p. 174 ()〕〔(Patricia M. Stockland, ''Same-Sex Marriage'', ABDO, 2007, p. 24 )〕 He has linked homosexuality to pedophilia,〔Fritz Cropp, Cynthia M. Frisby, Dean Mills, ''Journalism across cultures'', Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, p. 89 ()〕 and argued that homosexuals are trying to brainwash children into accepting homosexuality through public schools.〔Cynthia Burack, Jyl J. Josephson, ''Fundamental differences: feminists talk back to social conservatives'', Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, p. 177 ()〕 Sprigg has publicly suggested that repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would encourage molestation of heterosexual members of the military〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Family Research Council Labeled 'Hate Group' By SPLC Over Anti-Gay Rhetoric )〕 and suggested Kevin Jennings may have engaged in statutory rape.〔(Mark Dice, ''The New World Order'', 2010, p. 90 )〕 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;〔"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.(statement at 8:37 ), (transcript )〕 FRC President Tony Perkins later declared that criminalizing homosexuality is not a goal of the Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Perkins Defends Family Research Council, Sort Of )〕 Sprigg is a pro-life〔Marcia Carlson (ed.), Paula England (ed.), ''Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America'', Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press, 2011, p. 60 ()〕 ordained Baptist minister, and has served as pastor of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church in Clifton Park, New York.〔 He now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Sprigg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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