It is plainly stated by our Lord that, "Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." See Matthew 5:32 and 19:9

If then, whosoever marries a divorced woman is guilty of adultery, the same is true of one who shall marry a divorced man. She and he both are living in adultery according to the divine law. The laws of our country justifying such marriages, when tested by the divine standard, are nothing short of legalized adultery. It may be said, that if one is born of the Spirit during the time he or she is living in this adulterous relation, it is evidence that the Lord has forgiven him or her, and, therefore the church ought to receive such. But if this argument be valid in this case, it would be equally good in all cases of sinful and disorderly conduct. If one has been a thief, a drunkard, a reviler of the truth, or an extortioner, and the grace of God has abounded to him in his conversion to God, shall he continue in these sinful practices in order that grace may continue to abound? God forbid. How could such an one show that he was dead to these things while he continued to live practically and daily in them? If it is right and scriptural to deal with, and expel from church fellowship, a member who is living in adultery, surely it would be wrong to receive any who are known to be living in that adulterous relation.

However loose human laws may be upon the subject of marriage and divorce, they cannot disannul nor make void the law of Christ. This law commands: "Let not the husband put away his wife." -- l Corinthians 7:11 "Let not the wife depart from her husband." verse 10. But in case a wife cannot live with her husband, in consequence of cruel treatment, general improvidence, or seeking to control her in her sacred duty to God, and she should depart from her tyrannical and unbelieving husband, "let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband." She is not, even in this case, allowed to apply to the laws of men for a dissolution of the sacred relation of husband and wife. --- Elder W. M. Mitchell," Gospel Messenger"--1884