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Teacher Who Wrote Anti-Gay Comments On Facebook Considers Retiring To Avoid Penalties | New Jersey special education teacher Viki Knox should have been in tenure proceedings this week over comments she put on her Facebook profile that said homosexuality is a “perverted sin” that “breeds like cancer.” Instead, the Newark Star-Ledger reports, “Knox filed a motion earlier this month asking that it be delayed while she seeks a disability pension due to both a back injury and ‘psychological grounds.’” In court documents, Knox has indicated that, “If I can retire then there is no need for me to go through this unpleasant experience.” Essentially, Knox is trying to avoid her tenure trial by simply dropping off the map. A a spokesman for the NJ Treasury Department has said the trial will go on anyway, but there is no indication of when it will now begin.