Wrong.
They’ve been using that language for decades. They claimed that the Obergefell ruling was going to put pastors in jail as well. It never happened.
These establishment grifters were all trying to sell Republicans on anti-MAGA people like Ted Cruz by using false scares, no different than the doctors that tell you to wear a mask 24/7.
“Heritage” employs Mike Pence:
https://www.heritage.org/staff/mike-pence
That tells you everything you need to know about their honesty and forthrightness. It’s a sabotage group designed to subvert actual conservatism.