NJ Teacher's anti-gay remarks on Facebook

Her grammar and spelling are as appalling as her bigotry.

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I hope she gets glitter bombed.

Yes, she is certainly entitled to her opinion. However, she did not make her FB comments Private, so anyone, including her students, could see them. A school is supposed to create a safe environment for kids, and we all know how impressionable kids can be. There could be some kids who would use her comments as validation to bully a gay student. It certainly is not the environment I would want my child exposed to.

Someone should punch her in the pus*y.

check out her Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/Nitenitechick

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Imagine that you are a closeted gay high school student. For whatever reason, you find a comment your teacher has made on her facebook page calling you perverted and comparing your homosexuality to cancer. There have been recent laws put in place so that you wouldn't have to face these awful comments from other students without serious punishment happening. If a teacher exhibits the same behavior, shouldn't she have to see punishment? Furthermore, because she posted it on her public facebook wall, every closeted gay student at the school facing any number of problems can be hurt by her comments. If students should face punishment for this, teachers, who are supposed to be role models for students, should not get off easily. She can say that she doesn't like it, but I think she really crossed the line when she compared it to cancer, essentially calling it disease. She has a right to free speech, but there are ways to express your views without attacking anyone.

At my school, they make it very clear that teachers can't share their political or religious views with students--they can't state their positions on any issues because it is their job to teach us in an unbiased manner and develop the critical thinking skills that allow us to make our own decisions on various debates. One teacher of mine recently explained that as public figures, teachers must give up some rights to free speech (or something along those lines) in any situation where a student's opinion could be significantly affected. This woman, regardless of her stance, has made strong political and religious views clear, openly in the eye of her students.

Romantico, you're probably right, but it doesn't change the fact that she should be fired. An openly racist public school teacher would probably be fired immediately--an openly homophobic one should be, as well.

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The Twitter feed is fun. She has a LOT of rage for family and friends. She's a powder keg.

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Knox, 49, of Union Township, is also the faculty adviser to the high school’s student prayer group, The Seekers Fellowship, the local chapter of a nationwide organization.

I wonder if the school has groups for other religious groups to meet and pray. And does her prayer group bully the other prayer groups?

Furthermore, why does a public school even have a prayer group? Churches have youth groups for that very thing.

She's evil and she should not have access to impressionable young minds that she can twist or confused young students that she can hurt.

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It sounds like she either doesn't care if she loses her job or is just very naive about posting on facebook, not realizing the world can read it.

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CNN has picked up on this story.

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I once knew a school counselor at a college who (on her public Facebook), had pictures that were anti-Israel/pro-Palestine. I know it's different, but I've always wondered where the line is drawn.