Crosby v. State of Florida

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• party cannot be required to give oath or affirmation against his religious beliefs without inquiry by court as to less offensive alternatives
• party cannot be required to give oath or affirmation against his religious beliefs without inquiry by court as to less offensive alternatives
• “The First Amendment’s guarantee of the free exercise of religion requires that our procedural rules be interpreted flexibly to protect sincerely-held religious beliefs and practices.”
• “The court abused its discretion in insisting that Gor don use either the word ‘swear’ or ‘affirm’ in light of Gordon’s sincere religious objections.”
• “flexible approach is consistent with the constitutional obligation to protect the free exercise of religious beliefs by using the least restrictive means to further compelling state interests”
• “any statement indicating that the deponent is impressed with the duty to tell the truth and understands that he or she can be prosecuted for perjury for failure to do so satisfies the requirement for an oath or affirmation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).