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Show MINISTERS WOULD QUIZ COUPLES WANTING TO WED ALBTjQUvBRQXTB, N M. Jan. I J ' Albuipiei qua ministers. if they haVe their w. v. will know more about the oik- they mtn'ry. iiartlcularly as to whether they have been divorced Tb j are going to ask the P.'i session of the state legislature to pass a law !- quiring all applicants for iharrlage n censes t" Bli out a 'qu,estlpnnaire" Showing wmit epera nee. if mi), they I have had on the matrimonial sea. j The Bev. " 1 . B Uman. an officer of the ministerial alliance, which ja Ibacklng the move, stated that quite I frequently Couples present themselves tn a minister and im all he in. iv know, one or both naj have been recently .divorced or dK'Orced on what the i churches an generally coming to consider con-sider "trivial" grounds. "Of course, we realize that the result re-sult of oin refusal would not prevent I persons from being married." Vr. Beckman added, "but It ts not a question ques-tion of Whether ministers or justices i of the peace perform the ceremonies, jbut whether the ministers are to have b Riil me his Ol netting iniormaiion which th- y must have to know whether wheth-er they can conscientiously perform, the marriage |