According to Martin Scicluna (The Sunday Times of Malta, July 27), “traditional religious concerns” should play no part in the debate on so-called assisted dying.

I take it, therefore, that Scicluna accepts that traditional concerns may be raised, as long as they are not religious, while religious concerns may also be raised, as long as they are not traditional. Presumably, concerns that are neither religious nor traditional are more than welcome.

Surely, in a democracy all views, whether traditional, religious or otherwise, deserve a fair hearing, especially on such sensitive issues.