It’s also worth noting that the article attributes the Separation of Church and State to James Madison’s interpretation of the Bible, but never raises an issue with this fact as it did with more recent biblical analogies.

I think you make some good points. Ultimately I think that religious reasoning should be avoided in governing as much as possible, but given the fact that the Bible is nothing more than a book, there is no reason that it cannot be evoked by a judge so long as it is clear that it is being used to help explain the logic of the decision, not that the biblical text is leading the judge’s position.

Even as an Atheist I have found myself quoting Bible stories. They aren’t all dogmatic.