Bar owner James Aspell
Posted on 11/30/2020 3:59:01 PM PST by MarvinStinson
A U.K. tequila bar owner has filed an application to register his business as a church to avoid coronavirus lockdown rules.
In a Facebook post on Friday, James Aspell wrote (language warning) he is changing the name of his Nottingham bar, now called “400 Rabbits Tequila and Mezcal Cocktail Bar,” as “The Church of the 400 Rabbits.”
“With places of worship allowed to open in all tiers we thought fuck it lets start a religion!” he announced. “Can’t be that hard can it! ‘The Church of the 400 Rabbits’ launching as soon as we get the green light!”
“Congregation daily til late,” Aspell added. “More deets coming soon!”
“The intention of this is to be a joke, but it comes from a serious place, “Aspell, 34, told Nottinghamshire Live. “With the new restrictions we’re forced to close and it could be months before we can reopen. We don’t have a food offering, so even if we were in Tier 2, we couldn’t open.”
Aspell added that during the lockdown, his business has been “targeted unfairly to an extent and it seems wrong.”
“Everything from gyms to massage parlours can stay open and even the Christmas markets are happening – that was the point when I thought, this is ridiculous,” he continued. “So, we have sent in an application to register as a place of worship.”
Aspell, who has owned the bar for five years, said his application “points out the hypocrisy” of the coronavirus restrictions.
“If we were to open, we’d follow government guidelines and I don’t think we’d be selling alcohol,” he said. “We might be able to adapt in a different way and have some fun with it.”
“We’re not doing this to offend anybody or break any rules,” he added.
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Interesting. If churches registered as Strip Clubs in CA we could be legally open too.
Well I guess we can all declare ourselves whatever we want in this post
Modern world.
Bar owner James Aspell
Why not. A bar has about the same level of adherence to the Commandments as the Episcopalians. Maybe more.
Interesting. If churches registered as Strip Clubs in CA we could be legally open too.
It is happening, even in Tx
Alright, my wonderful congregation; turn your Hymnals to page 2020 and sing it with me ...”TEQUILA!!”
Can I get a witness? Just fill it up to the top.
Send that money too me at the 1st Church of the Rich Righteous....
Sammy Hagar approves.
The Church of Margaritaville?
I’m not sure God would look at this with disdain.
Over the years I went from being a child who was told no
alcohol was allowed, to being an adult who drinks moderately.
People need to let off steam on a regular basis. It’s healthy.
As long as they don’t overdue it, become abusive, or commit
crimes as a result, I think it’s a lot more acceptable than
some folks think.
I have never bought into the idea the wine at the wedding
ceremony was alcohol free. Jesus turned the water into
wine and it was accepted as the best.
Would Jesus have substituted non-alcoholic drink in place
of the normal wine there? I don’t think so.
Not trying to be sacrilegious here. I just think that at
times we as Christians over-think some things, and create
sins that aren’t necessarily so.
This is great. It’s kind of like the CO representative who held a funeral for a dead turkey to circumvent the Thanksgiving gathering restrictions.
I figured you more for a brandy type.
Church of Devine Inebriation......I like it.
👍
Now I’m thinking back to the old days,
back when I was randy from Brandy.
Hennessy is said to aid hair growth!
My late father used to say he would start a religion involving making whiskey and stealing cars.
Alcoholism is a Disease, We have Shots
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