Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-30
JENKINS BLAMES MOVIES
AND DRESS FOR DIVORCE
Bad Literature Also Is AS
sailed by Calvary Baptist
Church Pastor.
TAKES TEXT FROM MATTHEW
Preacher Says Marriage Should En-
dure for I.lfc-Cites What He Calls
Had Court Procedure NIL Com
pnrrs Virginia City with Reno.

Speaking last night ut Calvary
baptist Church on Shall Divorces
Rcmarry?" Rev. Carter Ashton Jen-
kcns. the pastor. took his text from
Matthew xix, Q: whatsoever shall! put
his wife away, except IL be ror Tor.
nication, and shall marry another.
committeth adultery: and whose
marrieth her that which is put away
doth commit adultery"
In his sermon he said. in part:
Marriage is intended to last for
life and may be broken in three ways
only: fornication, death. or by vio-
latinG the Seventh Commandment,
which says: Thou shalt not commit
adultery. That is every person who
has divorce except on this one
scriptural ground, and has married
again. is every moment of his or her
life in adultery. And as such. Of
course, cannot enter heaven. for the
Bible says no adulterer can enter
heaven.
'Christ's mind was clear on this
subject. He was the author OF my
text. There must be among us n
recognition of the essential differ
ence Letween legal separation and
Legitimate divorce For the former
there may he many grounds; for the
latter but one. The State has no right
TO interfere with the divine law on
the subject Of marriage. And yet
some OF our legislatures and courts
have been Infamous and themselves
divincly criminal on this subject.
Had Court Procedure.
''.>s an example of bad court pro-
cedure. refer YOU TO the Washing
ton Times OF January 30. which ven
titates i'm detail the infamous court
actions under Judge Robinson Mon
cure and his former law partners
CORTLAND II. Davis and Carl Bud
wesky. who are called the divorce
kings. Three hundred people live in
nine-room house in Alexandria, ac-
cording to the record OF this divorce
court. One woman has sworn In af-
hdavits made since May, 1920, that
three hundred people have occupied
rooms at her home for more than
year. These afiidavits have been ac-
ccpted by the court as evidence OF
residence.
Alexandria is now called Little
Reno of the East. IL YOU know the
right people YOU can get divorce
there for $40. and in less than
weeks time. says the Times. of Wash
irSton. This judge granted 81 di-
vorccs In 1921. The paper also SAYS
that charges against this judge have
been filed with the State Assembly,
now in session in Richmond. You
pay your money. swear To your false
afiidavits and you are a free man. IL
you love your wife and don't want to
sue her for a divorce. then in her
name YOU can sue yourseIf-just pay
the price. Right here in Virginia Is
the rottenest thing ever belched out
OF hell. And what will the Assembly
do toward giving us relief and our
gate better name?
WANTS Cienr-Cut Law.
Our Assembly owes IL TO Chris
tianity and decency TO make a short.
clcar-cut law that will forbid di-
vorce on any ground except adultery.
and which will make remarriage
felony for any divorced person who
has not been divorced on the one
Bible ground.
Divorce is betrayal OF the mar
riaGe vow-thc worst form OF Ii
ccntiousness. IT is triple crime:
against the home. against society ano
against God"
Mr.. Jcnkens named among other
things that are leading to divorce
bad literature. movies. thcaters and
the scanty dress OF those vulgar
women whose one aim is to dress as
nearly naked as possible and To ex-
hibit the gayest hose ohtainablc.