Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1926 — Page 15

DEC. 10, 1926

MARRIAGES MINUS LOVE IS PROBLEM Terrific Revolt of Morals in This Country Is Result, Says Q Judge Lindsey.

By Beu B. Lindsey Famous Juvenile Court Judife of Denver (Copyright. 1926. NEA Service, Inc.l The former Duchess of Marlborough is one of the finest women that it has ever been my privilege to meet, but I understand she Was married when still a girl of 17. TVe are frequently called upon in our court to annul marriages, especially where the marriage is entered into when the parties are under the age of 21 years. The ordinary contract of a person under 21 is not considered binding because of minority. This has not always been applied to marriage. It must be remembered, however, that the Duke and the Duchess lived together for a generation, and, as I understand, made no application for divorce until their children were grown. A Loveless Marriage It is reported the annulment was granted by the church at this late date because it was a loveless marriage. A marriage is loveless if the parties do not love each other at the time it is entered into, and it is equally loveless if that condition arises at some other time. In that event. I hope that some State will some day be brave enough and wise enough to do what the church already does, permit divorce by ‘mutual consent, but with the avoidance of the silly proviso that •e divorced must not marry again lave any other love life. We are having a terrific revolt of morals in this country. I have written about it in “The Revolt of Modem Youth” and in a series called “The Moral Revolt,” now running in a popular magazine. Not a Marriage This revolt is due, in part, to what the church seems to have recognized in the marriage of tlie Duke of Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt, namely, that a marriage without love is no marriage at all. It is to be regretted that the church is not so wise and considerate in the marriages of ordinary people as in the marriage of this rich and socially powerful couple. Without intending it, of course, the failure of organized orthodoxy to take the sane and sensible view that the church has taken in this exceptional rase, that it Is no marriage at all, is responsible in this country for much s< x impropriety. In no coimtiy it; ; e than in America is there a gre it- r demand for liberty and freedom to lead a monoganiistlc life, instead of the polygamous life that orthodoxy is forcing on so many people. One Man for One Woman I believe in the love of one man for one woman, and one woman for one man. A certain organized orthodoxy does not. It believes in forms without substance; therefore, it generally denies any such action as that taken In the case of this materially wealthy and socially powerful couple. The result Is that by the very of the church itself, it has much to promote a. sort of that the people are revolting against In favor of a real monogemy. The church teaches that a married man who lusteth in his own heart after some other woman has committed adultery. That so-called sin is very common in this country with certain people, who are compelled to remain married when they do not love each other, since they generally love someone else, and have a perfectly human attitude toward that someone else. They are committing adultery because the attitude of organized orthodoxy compels them to, since that attitude will never prevent men and women from being perfectly human as nature Intended they should be, and in its conflict with nature and common sense, organized orthodoxy is losing out. It is, therefore, refreshing to find at least one case where this rigid attitude shows signs of weakening Let us hope it will be equally sane end sensible in the cases of those less prominent and less powerful, as In our own court, where such things are constantly done without

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the, usual difficulties, cost and expenses. In tite end it will make for a more sane, sensible and wholesome monogamy in this country. I have hoped that the great church in question would show its wisdom in yielding to changes demanded by civilization in concessions like this Marlborough- VartderJjilt episode by declaring that loveless marriage Is no marriage. Effect on ( hi:th en As to the legitimacy of the children involved; If that annulment had been granted by the civil district courts of Colorado, I believe that the children would be illegitimate. Happily, under a different law it might be different In our own juvenile court. Generally it takes special statutes to protect the legitimacy of children in such cases, but I heartily agree with the re ported rule announced in this case by the church, that the innocent

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child must be protected by a recognition by both the State and the church of its legitimacy, in of the fact that it was born of a union that was not legal, but is called a marriage. Revolt of Morals Thus the church, if correctly reported. lias put itself squarely in line with tile more enlightened view that the revolt of morals in this country demands that there should be no illegitimate children regardless of whether there was a formal marriage or not. That the church has so decreed in this case of the rich and powerful. should help in every case of the sinful and Ignorant, where a child Is the Innocent victim of society's superstitions, taboos, hyprocracies and conventional lines. The protection of the child in all these matters is the main thing and the church and State must see to it that no child shall suffer because of the sin. ignorance, poverty or misfortune of the parents. The Jordan Valley, more than 1,000 feet below sea level, is one of the lowest spots on tjie earth’s surface. The fish and vegetation there are characteristic not of Asia, but of Africa.

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