Pure sophistry.
The judge's order was about her religious beliefs. He said if she didn't violate them he'd throw her in jail
Herod's henchman told John the Baptist if he didn't shut up about Herodias, that he'd find himself in jail.
John, of course, should have resigned his position as prophet if he couldn't say nice things about the queen.
Not just about the Queen, about the both the fact that she left her husband without good reason and was shacking of consensually with his brother. I guess that is called incestuous adultery.