Delaware Statutes (1912):
<Blasphemy is punishable as a misdemeanor. By statute any worldly employment, labor or business (works of necessity or charity excepted), peddling goods, droving, fishing, fowling, gaming, horseracing, cock fighting or hunting game, and playing and dancing, on the Sabbath day, are all prohibited and made punishable as misdemeanors.
The usual form of oath is swearing upon the Holy Evangels of Almighty God. A person believing in any other than the Christian religion may be sworn according to the peculiar ceremonies of his religion, if there be any such. A person conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath may be permitted to affirm to the truth of the matters to be testified.
A chaplain is appointed by either branch of the legislature, and the daily sessions (by force of custom only) are opened with prayer.
Christmas and Sunday are the only religious holidays recognized as legal holidays. There is neither statute nor court decision in the State, regarding the seal of confession. Ordained ministers of the Gospel are not liable to serve as jurors.
By the constitution, no divorce may be granted except by the judgment of a court. Annulment of marriage for certain causes, existing at the time of marriage, is provided for. For divorce, the reasons are adultery, bigamy, imprisonment, cruelty, desertion, habitual drunkenness, and hopeless insanity.
Hearings and trials in divorce matters must in all cases be had before the court and in public.> 1912DE001
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1912DE001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Delaware Statutes, 1912.