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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:the-times-1918-03-13-p2-marriage-and-parenthood.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Marriage and Parenthood|Announcement]] (13 march 1918, [[The Times]])]]<br />
[[File:the-daily-mirror-1918-03-21-p2-betrothal-service-before-marriage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Betrothal Service Before Marriage|Report]] (21 march 1918, [[The Daily Mirror]])]]<br />
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On 20 march 1918, [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was invited by the ''National Council of Public Morals'' to a series of conferences on "Marriage and Parenthood: Their Ideals and Dangers" at the Caxton Hall, Westminster (London). <br />
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The event was held during two days, 20 and 21 march, with 7 conferences but Conan Doyle was only present on 20 march afternoon as a speaker for the conference "The Future of Marriage".<br />
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== Conferences ==<br />
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* 20 march 1918<br />
** ''The Ethics of Marriage''<br />
** ''The Future of Marriage'' (with [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]])<br />
* 21 march 1918<br />
** ''A Ministry of Health''<br />
** ''Ethics of the Prevention of Venereal Diseases''<br />
** ''Civics of Parenthood''<br />
** ''Economics of Parenthood''<br />
** ''Ethics of Parenthood''<br />
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== Attendees ==<br />
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For 20 march afternoon '''"The Future of Marriage"''' <br />
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* President : Dr. Mary Scharlieb<br />
* Speakers : <br />
** Bishop Welidon<br />
** Lady Falmouth<br />
** Lady Ruckar<br />
** Professor H. Gollancz<br />
** Father Bernard Vaughan<br />
** [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]<br />
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== Conan Doyle Views ==<br />
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''Report from The Daily Mirror''<br />
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declared that in cases of extreme cruelty and continued drunkenness, where the home was made a living hell, no law of God or man was meant to say that women and children should endure such martyrdom.<br />
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"If we have got 200,000 graves in France, as we have got, what we want is 200,000 cradles in England," he added, amid applause.<br />
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"I am out to get a large number of people married who cannot at present marry on account of our preposterous law." (Hear, hear.)<br />
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"Again and again in the past the Church had taken the literal meaning of the Bible. The Mosaic law of divorce was a scandalously weak law."<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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'''Announcement'''<br />
* [[Marriage and Parenthood]] (13 march 1918, [[The Times]])<br />
'''Report'''<br />
* [[Betrothal Service Before Marriage]] (21 march 1918, [[The Daily Mirror]])<br />
* [[Plighted Vows in Church]] (21 march 1918, [[Daily Express]])<br />
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