Show r A Y REPEAl CHURCH lAW Assert Half of All Di- Di Divorces Divorces In U. U S. S Ob Ob- Obtained Obtained By Fraud EW YORK July 7 w Ae A As Asserting that 60 per tent cent of divorces divorces divorces' are obtained by fraud or collusion and that the tho hort rat In rn the United States Is Increase taster faster than that of any other country the Sanctity of oC Marriage association n tion will ask uk the the- New Orleans tri triennial trl- trl convention of ot the Protest Protest- ant church to forbid the re of divorced persona lerson I OC- OC CI QUESTION The Episcopal 1 church hurdt sanctions the remarriage of ot Innocent par par- partIn tits tIn In divorces divorcE'S based on It The association Is a of this canon move for tor the the- repeal which attack It as unscriptural ns contrary to the practice of the Hy Christian church and as u Il Illegal il- il illegal legal In regard rf to the the- church law Th canon the the Innocent party to produce court records to prove Innocence Inasmuch n Ir the opinion of irany Judges at least one halt of ot the dl granted are probably bly fraudulent or collusive and as SO In de- de deault dilI 01 90 per cent arc Me granted ault I without defense or rebuttal how hol holis Is It possible the association n tion s statement asked for bishops unskilled d In law la and an l without STU- STU ai 01 powers to form a Il right Judg judg- Judgment judgment ment In such lIuch cases cases' cases The association further tates that the canon was as passed In by only one general con con- whereas the church con con- requires action by b two on u conventions tI QUOTE TEXT Nowhere In the New ew Testament Is there therea a single word ord In support of or re marriage the association contends and neither In the old or new testaments Is there even an Indication to support the mod mod- modern modern ern theory that adultery or any an other sin as such dissolves a mar mar- marriage marriage which Is not a mere con contract c n- n tract but a slate of oC condition The history of the fatal pro vision the statement nt says ea's af aC after aCter ter half haIr a century of or experience has proved to bo the ever ready wedge we-dge of collusion fraud and falsehood The associations association's president Is the Rev H H. Gates of New New- NewYork Ne York and Its Us executive committee Included among amon others Bishop Manning of oC New l York GRANT G CASH CASe It was a Bishop Manning's Mannings strict adherence adhere to canon In ques ques- question question tion that precipitated In 1921 the controversy between him and the Dr Percy Stickney Grant who ho wished to marry Mrs Irs Philip twice a divorcee e. once from K E. E D. D Stokes The engage engagement ment was Wo broken May 26 1924 4 and shortly afterward Dr Grant resigned from the pastorate Of the Church of the Ascension and re re- re tired |