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One Moral Standard

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 1.

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One Moral Standard

THERE should be but one moral standard for men and women. God recognizes but one. Only one should be recognized by the church and by society. Regarding this the Laity League of New York in one of its bulletins recently issued, according to the Literary Digest of Dec. 16, 1911, states of some of the decisions reached in its discussions:—
The question of the single standard of morality between men and women was raised. This is understood to mean that men's lives shall be as pure as they demand women's lives shall be. All agreed that this point of view should be urged in an outspoken way among the men of the churches. This is the proper attitude for all religious men, and is based on the highest physiological, social, and moral laws. The league strongly advises the men's organizations to look into this, and to present the facts and opinions gathered to the laymen of church and synagogue. The double standard of morality is based on a misapprehension of facts, and the single standard must be emphasized among the young men of the city.