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Stephen Vincent Kobasa is a Connecticut teacher, journalist, and Christian political activist. He focuses his work “in Colombia solidarity, towards abolition of the death penalty and in opposition to nuclear weapons.”〔Jacobs, Ron. (Dual Devotions? The Catholic Church and the US Flag. ) ''CounterPunch'', 10/18/05. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.〕 He was “instrumental in reconstituting the state’s death penalty abolition movement”〔Bromage, Andy. (Anti-death penalty protesters say execution ‘not an end’ to their fight ). ''New Haven Register'', 5/14/05. Retrieved on 2009-9-13.〕 in 2000. ==Teaching career== The son of a well-known Seymour, Connecticut teacher,〔Stephen Kobasa’s mother, Vincentena Kobasa (1917-2002) taught first grade for 27 years and served on the Seymour Board of Education for 12 years. After her death, the Seymour Public Schools inaugurated the (Vincentena Kobasa Excellence in Teaching Award ). See also * Bromage, Andy. (‘Dynamic’ Seymour teacher remembered ). ''New Haven Register'', 11/2/02; retrieved on 2009-9-13 * Villers, Patricia. (Seymour recalls LoPresti teacher ). ''New Haven Register'', 5/30/03; retrieved on 2009-9-13〕 Kobasa graduated from Seymour High School in 1965, after which he attended Fairfield University.〔Tuhus, Melinda. (The View From/New Haven; 25 Years Later, Antiwar Activists Are Still Involved in Cause ). ''New York Times'', 4/23/00, §14CN, p. 2. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.〕,〔His bachelor's degree is in philosophy: "Kobasa - Ouellette." (1969, September 8). ''Meriden (Connecticut) Journal (84)'', 211, p. 14.〕 He holds masters’ degrees from Yale Divinity School and the University of Chicago.〔Belli, Brita. Of Flags and Crosses. ''Fairfield Weekly'', 10/20/05. Reprinted (here ); retrieved on 2009-9-13.〕 Kobasa taught English at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Britain, Connecticut, during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1999 he began teaching English at Kolbe Cathedral High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He gained national attention when, in October 2005, he was fired from Kolbe for refusing to display the American flag, the presentation of which he viewed as a “contradiction” to the symbol of the Christian crucifix.〔Rothschild, Matthew. (Catholic High School Teacher Forced Out over Flag. ) ''Progressive'', 10/18/05. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.〕 When his dismissal was reported in the Boston Globe and other major newspapers, his cause was taken up by a number of political and religious publications. To theologian William T. Cavanaugh, Kobasa's action was a protest against “idolatry.” Cavanaugh went on to write that
Kobasa appealed unsuccessfully to Church authorities, including William E. Lori, the Bishop of the Bridgeport Diocese, but has ruled out filing a civil lawsuit. On February 14, 2006, he testified before the Connecticut State Senate’s Labor and Public Employees Committee in favor of a law which would require employers to notify their employees that they are not eligible for unemployment benefits.〔Labor and Public Employees Committee of the Connecticut State Senate (report on SB-19 ), 03/14/06. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.〕 The bill was signed into law on April 21 by Governor Jodi Rell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen V. Kobasa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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