Many atheists and humanists have strong beliefs in various things

EAMON Reilly’s response (‘Believers are the real victims of discrimination’, Letters, February 22) to my letter of February 17 is rather disingenuous.

I suggested that a measure of a democracy is how respectful and inclusive it is of the rights of minorities, including those who make up a significant percentage of the population.

Nowhere did I call for the closure of Catholic schools, support for paedophilia or even cannibalism as mentioned in his letter.