Back in 2004, three members of the council at that time -- Kevin White, Rose Ferlita and Mary Alvarez -- walked out of the chamber in a vivid display of disdain when an atheist whom Councilman John Dingfelder had invited to give the invocation began to speak.
Mulhern correctly said that nobody on the current council had done so. Continuing her monologue, she then seemed to raise some eyebrows by recounting a story about a parent in the chamber who told her when his toddler asked him about religion, "'The only thing you need to know about religion is never criticize anyone's religion, because if you do they might kill you.'"
She then took on both the atheists and their critics, saying that those who mocked other's beliefs "are not going to help your cause. And to come as a religious person and condemn people who don't have belief is not going to help you either."
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Atheist group wants prayer out at City Council
