The word "person" in legal terminology normally includes in its scope a variety of entities other than man. See e.g. 1 U.S.C. sec 1. ; Church of Scientology v. U.S. Dept. of Justice (1979) 612 F.2d 417, 425.

To be a citizen one must act in persona, i.e. to put on a mask and participate in the masquerade party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona

It is no longer just patriotic cage rattling, you are not a plastic card or bond paper.

Legal maxim: Disparata Non Debent Jungi ; unequal things ought not to be joined.