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Foxhole Atheist Philip Paulson Dead At 59
He fought the good fight. His case was solid and his theocratic opponents finally had to use the full power of the current federal government to force the issue out of local San Deigo jurisdiction by using a shady legal loophole. I am proud to have been his fellow foxhole atheist, and my sincerest sympathies go out to his friends and family.
He will be missed and remembered.
[link] Philip Kevin Paulson, who fought a 17-year legal battle to remove the Mount Soledad cross from public property, died Wednesday of liver cancer. He was 59.
Paulson, a 6-foot-5 Vietnam veteran who lived in City Heights, became so passionate about the separation of church and state that he filed a civil lawsuit against the city of San Diego in 1989 without an attorney. He won the case, and as the appeals dragged on he became one of the county's most reviled and respected characters.
During interviews with The San Diego Union-Tribune in September and October, a few months after doctors told him he did not have long to live, Paulson said he was unconcerned about death and proud of the stand that defined his life.
“The real message is equal treatment under the law, and religious neutrality. That's the purpose of why I did it,” said Paulson, who turned away from religion early in life. “It has nothing to do with me being an atheist or whether I was a Bible-thumping fundamentalist Baptist preacher.”
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think about it
Everyone serves a master. Be it money, drugs, sex, self, etc..
Only one master will bring contentment- Christ.
this is really sad and
this is really sad and sickening that these good 'faith christians' speak with so much repugnance of this mans life. Philip Kevin Paulson is one of my few heroes. He died not worried about his conditions, he died fighting for non-christian citizens status in america. i thought mr president was doing so-so until this case of shadiness.
A passionate fighter
I heard him speak at the Freedom from Religion Convention earlier this month. I had no idea he was so ill.
He was passionate and funny and angry and moving. He will be missed - by those who knew him far more than the rest of us, I'm sure.
I'll never forget his voice as he said this:
We did that. I've seen it. I was there.
Admiration.
He's someone I have to admire, for all his hard work and dedication to principle.
And you just know that there will be 'good Christians' who will rejoice in hearing of his death.
Jim Downey
"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."
- R. Buckminster Fuller
You called it
And you just know that there will be 'good Christians' who will rejoice in hearing of his death.
I did a quick search on Technorati and found some choice words of Christian compassion on the top page of hits:
And so on ad nauseum...
There's also a very obnoxious post by someone called "Infinite Monkeys", who says he is an atheist but has a very "Christian" view of the matter.
- No More Mr. Nice Guy!
No surprise there.
Sadly, this was about as predictable as the sun coming up this morning. No surprise at all.
Jim Downey
"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."
- R. Buckminster Fuller