Perjury is all in the news. Despite the deflated balloon of the Paula Jones case we still are left wondering about Monica Lewinsky.
Perjury is a legal term, applicable to legal circumstances only.
God may judge me, but the state won't. Now if I'm asked in a courtroom, or in a deposition, if I like the dress, then I have to tell the truth. That is, unless I'm in some possible legal trouble myself. In that circumstance, if telling a lie, or telling the truth in a courtroom might put me in hot water, I always have the fifth amendment. We've all seen it in hearings before.