“He has cheated me!” “She has fooled me!” is their heart-cry.
The truth, however, is something like this: “We have been deceived. Nature said one thing to us, and we confused with it something else and thought what society said was true. We have been deceived.”
There was nothing in the first attraction that made these two understand anything about hardships, disagreeable duties, discomforts, weariness, pain.
Those who are anxious to uphold church authority are saying a good deal about the divorce evil. They bring statistics to show that one out of every twelve marriages results in divorce.
They have not, however, secured any statistics as to whether the people in the other eleven marriages enjoy what our Constitution affirms to be the rights of American citizens: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The Church is talking about a “cure” for the divorce evil! One bishop earnestly recommends the Jewish anathematization, “Let neither party ever be spoken to again.” But how would this remedy the social condition of the two?
This is punishment, but not cure. The cause of the trouble is not even looked for by the bishop.
“Is marriage a failure?” According to the divorce-courts it is.
The Church concedes that one-twelfth of all marriages are failures.
