Man Sues, Again, to Marry His Computer

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A suspended Tennessee attorney, who sued the state of Colorado and a Lakewood Christian bakery, has now sued his home state of Alabama because it has refused to issue him a marriage license to marry his computer. Between 2015-2017, Chris Sevier, 40, brought the same lawsuit in several states in a political protest of gay marriage. Courts dismissed the suits in Colorado, Florida, Texas and Utah. Sevier has also had several legal issues himself, including being arrested for stalking country music star John Rich, his own ex-wife and a 17-year old girl.

Sevier, who grew up in Birmingham, has been an outspoken opponent to gay marriage and has brought his issue up with several states claiming that if gay people have the right to marry, then he should have the right to marry his computer. Sevier has claimed he is a "machinist," a man who chooses computers as "preferred sexual objects."

Some of the points Sevier has been unable to rebut are that his computer, which was manufactured in 2011, would not be old enough to marry in any state, nor would the inanimate object be able to consent to marriage and sign a marriage license or contract.

Sevier claimed he "married" his Macbook laptop in New Mexico in June, but then sued a Christian Lakewood bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop, for refusing to bake him a wedding cake.

Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips was already sued by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. That case is being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Justice Dept. filed a brief Thursday in favor of the bakery.

In Sevier's complaint against Alabama, he claims that the state is giving "preferential treatment to gays" by not recognizing his "marriage" to his computer. According to a report from Alabama Media Group, Blount County probate judge Chris Green — who denied the application for Sevier's marriage license — said, "I just said I wouldn't do that in Blount County. No way, no how."
In a similar suit filed in Houston, Sevier said, “The state is not doing anyone any favors by encouraging people to live (a homosexual) lifestyle. We have to define marriage,” according to the Houston Chronicle.

Sivier also admitted to being a pornography addict, and attempted to sue Apple in 2013 for his porn addiction. He has drafted legislation in 13 states trying to put a tax on pornography. His license to practice law in Tennessee has been suspended due to multiple arrests, and he has tried at least twice to get his Tennessee law license reinstated — the court’s revocation states he can return to the practice of law upon showing “clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed” — but his petitions have been repeatedly denied.

Michael Seele, Birmingham, Alabama Patch editor co-authored this article.