| Show MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE Next November r a 0 e congress will Mil convene In Philadelphia ob ou object jeet l hi to n lder a It proposed ed statute relative to the annulment of ot marriage and the granting of ot divorces The measure when accepted by ty the Phila Philadelphia delphia assembly wilt will 11 be bt submitted 1 to lo Congress In the hope that uniformity In Inthe Inthe inthe the legislation pertaining to 10 that sub subject sect may ma he obtained throughout the I country The Th Importance of uniformity In the them marriage m and ans an divorce laws hat has long lone been recognized reeo What Shat is II permitted In iti one olle state li ii I unlawful in another Mil and I the legal lesal status of f a parson may there therefore therefore fore tore be perfectly correct In one dt II R Is the th opposite aco the bor border border border der n II few faw miles a ay The causes for which divorce Is II granted differ In dif different different ferent states Ita The restrictions rt on re to remarriage roo marriage g o differ As AI an Illustration of or whit what one oom com commonwealth remits It can be stated that both bolh bigamy and may ms b W be Wl legalized l In the state tate of New ew York In Ine I certain e cases cups It If a husband huband or wIfe Ife Is II deserted for tOt five ne y rs the party part I Is permitted to marry provided the deserter had not ben been en heard from rota during that period If It the deserter df re returns reo returns turns the second marriage e may be de do declared dared void old but It If no steps are taken to ken I to tf have hae It annulled by b decree of oe court courton on one husband huband may ma live In lawful wed iced wedlock wedlock lock with more than one wire wife or one wife with more mort than one as al alth the th can 11 may mil be The children are arll legit legitimate and both loth wives are ar entitled to dower This condition would perhaps not be b countenanced in any an other state though It does dres not appear Rp ar that New NewYork ew York rork has suffered greatly from ln IM r an fl exceptional abnormal status tatul In preference to the breaking up of ot tarn tam families I Divorce legislation should aim at lit the stemming of ot tb Iho thC tide of ot 0 legal Ical tiona as ua well eil as at the establishment of or uniformity In the laws I relating thI to It IS It estimated ted that about one mil mu million million lion divorced have been granted gran led In III this country r during d url It I a period of twenty L wen t years Something is clearly wrong where family ties are broken at such an enormous rate Is Jail It the ease ue with which divorce can t be e secured s red that Is III to blame Or is la It the lack Ink of or character the Ille contempt for moral Ideals ideale al 1 the tho spirit I of or rebellion against restraint Our age lIe certainly exhibits m man ny symptoms of or orall all these thi e fallings failings It U u I a subject upon which the churches differ In some me essential points point In III the Roman Catholic church hutch the va married may not remarry remur so 10 long longas as either of the parties Is IR alive Where there are sufficient reasons the church permits permit I legal separation of the wedded wedde couple cou 1 f Th The Protestant pl oord church forbids a I minister to marry marr any person who ho has hu been bem divorced other otherwise otherwise wise be than Gods GOts word ord doth oth allow I e etor for tor the marital Infidelity of ot the other part party Presbyterian Pre ministers must mut re is refi reo tuP fuse fi to inform I the marriage ceremony In the cases of ot divorced person perona ex ox except cent as such persons have been di dl divorced upon grounds and for causes CUIS recognized as all scriptural in the stand standards aids ards of ot the church In the Methodist Episcopal church no divorce ex es except t copt coot for tor adultery Is regarded by 1 y J J th church churo as u lawful and no minister Is I supposed to solemn solemnize Ize lie marriage in any an case cue where here there Is II a divorced wife Ife or husband huband living but this rule ruts is b not applied to the Innocent party to 10 a ft I divorce for tor the cause Itu e of ot adultery nor to divorced par parties parties I ties seeking to be e reunited In marriage Possibly the churches should 1 seek to I obtain a better understanding of ot all questions hearing on marriage murla and di dl divorce vorce vorre s s a preliminary to the th efforts for uniformity In the legislation le rela relative tive to the subject |
