Democracy is about rights of all

IN his letter (February 13), Eamon Reilly claims “recent statistics showed that 95% of people in this country believe in God” and therefore there is some democratic mandate for such a majority not to accommodate the rights of all.

Democracy is about rights of all

But a majority of people are not members of unions, so should we not accommodate unions?

A majority are Irish and white, so should we discriminate in favour of them?

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