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Brazilian psychology association seeks to revoke Christian therapist’s license

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July 5, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Brazilian psychologists are seeking to revoke the license of a therapist for publicly affirming her Christian beliefs on her online blog and twitter accounts, an action that the organization claims violates its code of ethics. Marisa Lobo, a psychologist and Evangelical who has published several popular works on psychological issues, sends Twitter messages to her thousands of followers under the title “ Christian Psychology,” and maintains a website with the same name. The Federal Council of Psychology (CFP), which has the power to regulate the activities of psychologists in Brazil, informed Lobo in February through its affiliate in the state of Paraná that she had 15 days to remove any indication of an association between her psychology practice and her religious beliefs from her website, or risk losing her license to practice. Marisa Lobo Lobo’s posts and tweets often conflict with the sexually libertine and left-wing ideology es

Video: Ontario Bill 13 rally outrage over government imposing gay agenda in all schools

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TORONTO, April 2, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Last Thursday ’s high-charged rally against the Ontario government ’s Bill 13, imposing the province’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (EIE) on all public and private schools, revealed many parents are dismayed over this attempt to remove parental rights. Video footage of the rally clearly reflects the intensity of the opposition to the bill from representatives of a wide variety of ethnic and faith communities.  See video   (see also  last Friday’s report ) Phil Lees , leader of the Family Coalition Party, received perhaps the strongest reaction from rally participants while describing (not in LSN video) the bill’s intent to deprive parents of even the right to be advised about what takes place in their children’s classrooms on matters related to Bill 13. Lees emphasized, the EIE document says, “No teacher, you’re not going to tell parents.”  Lees related a call received the previous week from a distraught parent. A mother sa