Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-23 | Page 14 | A National Divorce Law Needed

A National Divorce Law Needed. ' The general convention of the Protestant Protes-tant Episcopal church, now In session in Boston. Is expected to resumo tho discussion discus-sion of the question that attracted such wide public attention during tho last convention, con-vention, held In San Francisco three years ago that of the remarrlago of divorced di-vorced persons. An effort was mode at that time to secure se-cure a canon prohlbltlngtho marrlasrc ceremony between persons either of whom had been divorced. This was defeated, but out of the discussion arose tho adoption adop-tion pf a resolution favoring a uniform civ 1 law governing marriage and divorce and calling upon other religious bodies to aid In securing this. It is In this movement that public interest in-terest centers. The individual wrongs and public scandals growing out of lax and conflicting State laws have become Intolerable. A uniform national law Is the 'fl.r3w.aild ,nos.1 Practicable step for the abolition of the evil, and the churches can exert a poworful Influence to secure this reform. Now York, Herald.