Georgetown Students Create Church to Outsmart D.C. Residential Laws

As reported by the Aberdeen News:

A Georgetown University student, whose dad bought him a $2.4 million off-campus house and who wants his eight best friends to live and party with him, ran up against a Washington, D.C., zoning law permitting no more than six unrelated people per house.

After researching the issue, the students filed papers declaring themselves a "church," called "The Apostles of O'Neill," after owner Brian O'Neill. In the state, churches are allowed to house up to 15 unrelated people. O'Neill's dad supports the students, as judged from his testy response to a Washington Post inquiry: "Who says they aren't a (real) religion?"