VANCOUVER— On Saturday, September 18 decorated Iraq War veteran Rodney Watson will have spent one year in sanctuary at First United Church in Vancouver. Mr. Watson is living in the church with his Canadian wife and son.
Despite two motions to let Iraq War Resisters stay in Canada that were adopted by the House of Commons on June 3, 2008 and March 30, 2009, the Conservative minority government ordered Mr. Watson to leave Canada on September 11, 2009. Mr. Watson appealed to the First United Church for sanctuary, and given the injustice of the Canadian government’s decision to send Mr. Watson to prison in America, the church accepted his request.
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