Tequila Bar Reportedly Registers To Become A Church To Skirt Around Coronavirus Restrictions

A tequila bar located in the United Kingdom has reportedly registered to become a church following the latest coronavirus restrictions in the country.

400 Rabbits Tequila and Mezcal Cocktail Bar has registered to become “The Church of The Four Hundred Rabbits,” according to an interview published Sunday by the Nottingham Post. Places of worship can stay open under any tier of lockdown in the United Kingdom, according to the outlet. The new shutdown will last until Dec. 2, according to CNN.

Bar owner James Aspel said to become a religion, people needed to sign up to be a part of the congregation. People in Aspel’s religion can choose to be “a bunny believer” or “a reverend of the righteous rabbits,” he told the outlet. It is still unclear how people will “practice the religion.”

Aspel claimed the idea started as a joke, but he does believe his bar has been treated unfairly amid the new coronavirus lockdown rules.

“The intention of this is to be a joke but it comes... (Read more)

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