This weekend, another island was added to the Caribbean territories where same gender weddings are celebrated. On the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, born and raised Statian Walter Hellebrand (monuments director of the island) married his lifelong partner, Chris Russell, a freelance commercial writer. The chair of the College for Human Rights of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Adriana van Dooijeweert, was the speaker at the wedding on the island whose island council in 2010 adopted a motion against inclusive marriage. St. Eustatius is the last part of the Caribbean Netherlands where such a wedding is celebrated. On
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