Ten-Minute Marriages

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 49, 20 June 1930, Page 40

Ten-Minute Marriages

THE Soviet seems to be reversing all our preconceived ideas on life. The latest-is a form of marriage that takes 10 minutes and a-divorce. which occu- . pies 9 minutes. ‘The latter is remark-. able. . The petitioning . party merelygoes to the registry office and there_ lodges an application for a divorce. No grounds are given, for it is argued that parties not happy together should be released in the least’ possible time. "Have you any children’... and what arrangements have you. made for them?" is a question that is invariably put to he or she who seeks separation. Provision must. be made for each -offspring, but both man and woman hae to share alike in responsibilities. Hach is an economic unit in the eyes of the State, .and responsibilities must . be equally shared. It is stated that more than’ one young person under 25’ has been refused marriage on the grounds that he or she has been married at least eight times previously. There is no form for elther marriage or divorce. It is a case of enter. the office married or single and comé out single or married. Is this symbolic of the world of to-morrow?-G.A.G. |