Abstract
Although we live in a secular state, initiatives for the inclusion of religious content in state measures and even in the state organization have been growing in Brazil. These movements permeate even the debates regarding the activity of professional supervisory boards, such as the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP). Delicate and challenging, this context requires intellectual clarity and democratic political stance. Therefore, this article aims to examine the fundamentals and the constitutional laicity model in Brazil and to reflect on the consequences of this model for the institutional life and the professional supervision of the CFP, contributing thus to expand the academic debate on the theme. Moreover, this theoretical research is socially relevant because of the fact that the adoption of democratic attitudes in the current public debate as the “gay cure”, “gender ideology”, public health policies and accreditation of degree courses in psychology pervades the understanding of the concept of laicity and its application to the CFP.
Constitutional Secularism; Equality; Freedom of Religion; Professional Supervision; Federal Council of Psychology