D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday loosened coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship in Washington, D.C., following a lawsuit from the Archdiocese of Washington represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The new order allows houses of worship to allow 25% of their capacity or 250 people, whichever number is fewer. Houses of worship were previously capped at 50 people. Restaurants, libraries, gyms and both essential and non-essential businesses are also capped at 25% capacity under the new order. The Archdiocese of Washington's lawsuit, filed Dec. 11 in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia against Bowser, called the orders "unscientific" and "discriminatory."

Source: Fox News December 17, 2020 15:22 UTC