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Editorial Observer By  ERNESTO LONDOÑO   APRIL 4, 2016 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Wally Brewster, American Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, right, with his husband, Bob Satawake, at their home in Santo Domingo.   Credit Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Shortly after taking up his post as American ambassador to the Dominican Republic in November 2013, Wally Brewster got a bit of unsolicited advice from the Vatican’s envoy to the Caribbean nation. “If you keep your private life behind the walls of your embassy, you’ll be O.K. here,” Nuncio Jude Thaddeus Okolo told Mr. Brewster. He meant that Mr. Brewster, to be an effective diplomat, would be wise to keep his husband, Bob Satawake, out of sight in a country where prejudice against gay people remains widespread. The advice went unheeded. Mr. Brewster and Mr. Satawake, who have been together for nearly 28 years, have been out and proud in Santo Do...