Former teacher gets 5 years in prison after threatening judge over pro-parental rights ruling

A homosexual former teacher has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for threatening a judge over her decision against a challenge to Florida’s parental rights in education bill.

“U.S. District Judge William F. Jung today sentenced Stephen Jay Thorn (66, Pensacola) to five years in federal prison for transmitting a threat to harm a federal judge and members of the judge’s immediate family,” the Department of Justice announced on August 28. “Thorn entered a guilty plea on May 16, 2024.”

Pro-LGBT news outlets have reported Thorn is gay.

Thorn reportedly left the hateful messages for Judge Wendy Berger, who had ruled against a challenge to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022. The law generally forbids teachers from discussing sexual topics with students in grades kindergarten through third. The bill has been modified to allow for some discussion of sexual topics, drawing criticism from parental rights group, LifeSiteNews previously reported.

Dishonest media outlets and opponents have labeled it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Thorn was angry that Berger ruled against a challenge and left threatening messages in 2022.

“Let’s see how you would like it if somebody endangered your children in school or your grandchildren in school,” Thorn said, as reported by Reuters. “You are an embarrassment to the judicial system.”

“Thorn said he had looked up where the judge, her husband and two children lived and said the judge was ‘very easy to track,'” Reuters reported.