Chris Sevier is behind anti-gay, anti-porn, and anti-abortion rights bills in a number of states.

The Man Behind the Anti-Gay “Parody Marriages” Bills Once Tried Marrying His Laptop

The man behind anti-LGBTQ bills in Kansas and North Carolina that call same-sex marriages “parody marriages” once tried marrying his laptop, has been charged with stalking at least two people, and had a restraining order filed against him by his ex-wife, which he violated.

Chris Sevier is a former lawyer, and an Iraq War veteran, who lost his license due to a finding of mental disability, but has continued to claim he is able to practice law. When pressed on where he is able to practice law, by oulets like The Daily Beast and, more recently, NBC, he has refused to answer.

Tennessee’s board of professional responsibility launched an official inquiry and found Sevier had lied to the court and the media about a case’s opposing counsel being under criminal investigation, and found he had committed “disciplinary misconduct.” The board also noted issues in Sevier’s pleadings, including comparing country music star John Rich, one of the two people he stalked (the other being a 17-year-old girl), to Adolf Hitler. It said he had demonstrated “a lack of legal proficiency, competency, and professionalism.”





The restraining order filed by his ex-wife came as a result of Sevier attempting to take off with their infant son, resulting in a fight with his father-in-law, for which he was convicted and which resulted in injury to the child, who had to be taken to the ER.

His attempts to marry his computer was a stunt intended to act as a protest against both same-sex marriage and pornography, which he blamed for ruining his marriage. Last year, a judge threw out his lawsuit against four members of Congress for displaying rainbow flags outside their offices. He had argued they were religious symbols.

Sevier has attempted to get legislation passed in various states to create a filter for online pornography that would require a fee to lift. Last year, in Rhode Island, Sen. Frank Ciccone pulled the bill, citing its “dubious origins,” after learning more about Sevier’s troubled and troubling past.

However Sevier, now an EDM musician who performs under the names Chris Severe and Ghost World, somehow continues to find success convincing Republican lawmakers to put forward bills he has authored.



“While he’s been discredited and rebuffed in at least a dozen states from Virginia to Hawaii, Sevier has found a champion in Topeka: Rep. Randy Garber, a Sabetha Republican,” reports The Kansas City Star.

In addition to the anti-marriage equality bill in Kansas, Sevier has written bills introduced in the state that require married couples to seek counseling before they could get a divorce; prevent social media companies from banning, or restricting the reach of, anyone based on their political or religious beliefs; and place constitutional restrictions on taxpayer funding for abortions, and the anti-pornography bill that would require a charge to remove a block on all new phones and computers.

Garber told The Kansas City Star it was “one guy” who lobbied him on the anti-porn bill.

“He came to me and I said, ’Yeah, sounds like a good bill to me, I’ll definitely introduce it,'” he recalled. When asked who the individual was, Garber asked if that was important.

“It is a citizen,” he said. “Citizen of the United States.”

Sevier has posted about the legislation on Facebook, calling them “my bills,” as well as claiming authorship of similar legislation in Iowa, Tennessee, and Virginia.

He is also behind North Carolina legislation that also seeks to ban marriage equality, on the basis of same-sex marriages being “parody marriages,” in the author’s view, reports Rewire.News.

NewNowNext has reached out to the sponsors of that legislation for comment regarding its authorship but did not hear back at time of writing.

In Kansas, some lawmakers who co-sponsored Sevier’s bills have already begun to distance themselves from it, according to openly gay Democrat Rep. Brandon Woodard, who said some had already called him to apologize.

He told NBC they said they “hadn’t read the bills” before endorsing them. Woodward called the apologies “too little, too late,” saying even a brief skimming of the language should have been enough to raise red flags.

Woodard said some conservatives told him they had taken meetings with Sevier, but “kicked him out of their offices” after realizing what he was proposing, and that he wasn’t a registered lobbyist.

He added that he hoped his colleagues who now regret getting behind the anti-gay bill will consider supporting his own non-discrimination bill, which would offer protections to the LGBTQ community in the state.