男子申請和電腦結婚 稱與電腦結婚風險小

Man sues for the right to marry his Macbook, arguing that if gays are allowed to marry then so should other sexual minorities.

一名男子向法院上訴，認爲自己有權和自己的蘋果筆記本電腦結婚，理由是如果同性戀可以結婚，他和電腦也可以。

Mr Sevier, who describes himself as “a former judge advocate and combat veteran”, is persistent, filing claims not only in Florida but also Utah.

這名男子名爲塞維爾，他表示自己當過軍法檢察官，是個退伍老兵。他不僅在佛羅里達州上過訴，在猶他州也做過同樣的事情。

The Utah claim, which in reality is an attempt to throw a spanner in the works of a gay marriage case in the federal court, runs to 50 pages.

他遞交給猶他州法院的上訴狀長達50頁，訴狀中表達了他對聯邦法院同性戀結婚法案的質疑。

Mr Sevier argues that allowing gays to marry but denying him the same right amounts to discrimination.

塞維爾稱允許同性結婚卻不允許我和電腦結婚，是一種歧視。

If gays feel as if they are second class citizens, Mr Sevier argues then “those of us in the real minority, who want to marry machines and animals, certainly feel like third class citizens”.

他說：“如果同性戀認爲自己是二等公民，那麼我們這些少數想和機器或動物結婚的人豈不是成了三等公民。”

Mr Sevier apparently sought a marriage licence for himself and his “machine spouse”, but for some reason was denied.

塞維爾要爲自己和他的機器伴侶索要一個結婚許可，但是被拒絕了。

Mr Sevier cites legal precedents around the world - including a case where a woman married a dolphin and a Chinese man wed a cardboard cutout of himself.

他還舉出了世界各地的合法案例——包括一名和海豚結婚的女性還有一位和自己刻的硬紙板結婚的中國男子。

“Allowing my marriage to go forward will not adversely impact the fertility rate any more or less than a same sex couples.”

“和機器結婚給生育率帶來的負面影響和同性婚姻是一樣的。”

“In considering the equal protection clause, there are no fewer policy reasons for preventing man-machine couples from marrying than there are for same-sex couples.”

“考慮到同等保護條款，禁止同性結婚和禁止人和機器結婚的政策在數量上是相當的。”

He said: "in fact, I married it with less risk, even if the marriage was not successful, and we can avoid a heated argument when you divorce. "

他還表示：“事實上，我和電腦結婚風險比較小，就算我們最後婚姻破裂，我們也能避免在離婚的時候激烈爭吵撕破臉。

Unfortunately for Mr Sevier, the courts in Florida and Utah, found his legal arguments unpersuasive.

不幸的是，佛羅里達州和猶他州法院都認爲塞維爾的理由不充分。