A 35-year-old woman from Yorkshire who has fallen in love with a 92-year-old German chandelier has been told that she can not prosecute those who mocked her relationship for the crime of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Amanda Liberty took umbrage at a newspaper article making fun of her lust for lighting fixtures, which described her as being married to her beloved chandelier.

Liberty, who had changed her surname after entering a romantic relationship with the statue of liberty, pointed out that although she was in a relationship with the light fitting, she was not married to it.

The Englishwoman, who hails from the West Yorkshire city of Leeds, complained to press regulator Ipso on the grounds that the article in famed British tabloid The Sun discriminated against her on the basis of her sexual orientation.

However, the newspaper successfully argued that the relevant legislation covered relationships between humans and other humans, but not relationships between humans and inanimate objects.