Conflating Church & State?

Not Tony Auth! He is not conflating anything. But... what is going on in the minds of five of the  members of SCOTUS as they defend conflating their own orthodox (rigid/white/male) Catholic dogma with their constitutional duties as justices of the highest court in the land? ...I cannot even imagine.

This cartoon, by the prize-winning cartoonist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, has caused quite a stir. Mostly, I've just seen online comments/blog posts decrying it for its anti-Catholicism and bigotry. That is not my purpose for linking to it here. I've been a fan of Tony Auth for years, but never more so than now.