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COMPANY OFFERS ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF MARRIAGE -- WITHOUT ANY DRAWBACKS!By Mark Miller SEATTLE, Wash. -- With the divorce rate in America at a record high, one company is attempting to eliminate the No. 1 cause. "The problem is marriage itself," said Leo Brereton, president of Lease on Life. "That's why we're offering spouses on a purely rental basis. You get the security, prestige and intimacy of a marriage. "On the other hand, if you tire of your spouse, or simply want to trade him or her for a snazzier new model, you may do so at any time." Rhonda Erlanger,Director of People for the Preservation of American Family Values, thinks the concept is indecent. "It mocks the sacrament of marriage," she claimed. "It spits in the face of commitment. Why don't they call it what it is -- prostitution, plain and simple." "Because prostitution is illegal," Brereton said flatly. Whatever it's called, there is an eight-month waiting list to rent a male spouse and a 17- month waiting list for a female spouse. Brereton hopes to roll out his company's newest offshoots, Renta- Child and Rent-a- Parent, later this year.

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