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Show OIVORCflNDSAPOLOfilSTS t fM"BflTr8T8 CONVENTION Resolution .Adopted, -'HoWbyer, Dltap- provfh'g'Actlon of Ministers Who Officiate at Marriages of 1 TkC"tlvorcedPerioni t -y t t MltineapDlb, Mai.p, ho dlvorco question was tlie Biibjcct of sharp do-bate do-bate at today's session of tho) northern north-ern Daptlst-convcrtton,"but finally jvus disposed ot bytbe adoption of a resolution disapproving the action of ministers who offlclato at tho mar. rlage of, divorced persons.,, ' The convention which completed Its business and adjourned tonight, also adopted resolutions 'favoring a' Permanent Per-manent peace programrand freedom of the press and recognizing the right' of. labor to organize and do-mandfalr do-mandfalr treatment, both in wages and worklhg 'conditions. Congress was petitioned In another resolution' to pass a liquor prohibition amend-Jlcnt1. amend-Jlcnt1. It was only nftcr several proposed propos-ed amendments had been voted down jari'd' oho 'accepted that tho 'divorce resolution was adopted. As offered ;tho resolution called for the remodelling remod-elling of tho divorce laws and denounced de-nounced ministers who married persons per-sons whoso divorces were not on 'grounds recognized by churches. |