<p>SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A California woman who threatened to bomb a Roman Catholic preparatory school for planning to publish same-sex wedding announcements was sentenced to nearly 1 1/2 years in federal prison, authorities announced Friday.</p>
<p>Sonia Tabizada, 36, of San Jacinto, telephoned threats in May 2019 to Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.</p>
<p>Visitation Prep, one of the oldest Catholic schools for girls in the country, had announced it would begin publishing same-sex wedding announcements in its alumni magazine to advance its teaching that “we are all children of God … worthy of respect and love,” according to the statement. </p>
<p>According to her plea agreement, Tabizada learned of the decision and left a voice message threatening to burn and bomb the facility.</p>
<p>“Tabizada also stated that she was going to kill school officials and students," the statement said. “Several minutes later, Tabizada left a second voice mail stating that she was going to blow up the school and warned that she would commit ‘terrorism.’ "</p>
<p>She was sentenced to 15 months and 13 days in prison for “intentionally obstructing persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs."</p>
<p>“No school and no child should be subjected to death threats, because of their religious beliefs,” said Pamela S. Karlan of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.</p>
<p>San Jacinto is in Riverside County, southeast of Los Angeles.</p>
