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Family Research Council Calls for Criminalization of Being Gay

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Is this Barry Goldwater’s party? On the heels of a bizarre poll that shows that Republicans almost unanimously want to bar openly gay men and women from teaching in government schools, we get a strange and scary outburst from Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council.

Peter S. Sprigg is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sprigg joined FRC in 2001, and his research and writing have addressed issues of marriage and family, human sexuality, the arts and entertainment, and religion in public life. And tonight, in the year 2010, Mr. Sprigg called for the criminalization of homosexuality:

Matthews: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior?

Sprigg: Well, I think certainly..

Matthews: I’m just asking, should we outlaw gay behavior?

Sprigg: I think 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 in this country for criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior.

Matthews: So we should outlaw gay behavior?

Sprigg: Yes!

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Philippines: Lawmaker Wants to Criminalize Gay Marriage

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

A GROUP pushing for gender rights yesterday urged Congress to dump a proposed measure, criminalizing same-sex marriage. On Monday, Manila Sixth District Rep. Bienvenido Abante filed a bill to penalize the act which he described as “highly immoral, scandalous and detestable” in society.

Lawyer Clara Rita Padilla, executive director of EnGenderRights, said the measure was misplaced.

“The bill proposed by Rep. Abante imposing criminal penalties on same-sex marriage should be immediately junked. House Bill 6919 has no place in the halls of Congress for being clearly discriminatory against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders,” she said in a statement.

Full Story from Manila Standard Today: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2009/december/10/metro2.isx&d=/2009/december/10

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