Huffington Post reports that four Iranian gay men are due to be executed for sodomy under their nation’s Shari’a laws.

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Politico reports that singer Ricky Martin heralded the president for “the courage he showed last week in affirming marriage equality,” he said to cheers. “That is the kind of courage we expect from our president and that is why we support him.”

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Huffington Post reports that North Carolina’s recent decision to ban gay marriage and civil unions represents a remarkable failure of Christian political imagination.

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MSNBC reports that George W. Bush pushed for a federal ban on same-sex marriage during his 2004 re-election run. But Bush has since said he favors civil unions, and now, days after President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, his pollster from that race is recommending Republicans come around on same-sex marriage and gay rights.

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Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that a majority of Americans now agree that same-sex relationships are “morally acceptable” and an even larger number feel they should be legal, according to a Gallup Poll taken earlier this month.

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Fox News reports that Rhode Island’s governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.

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NPR reports that Obama maintains a commanding lead over likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney when it comes to support among Latino voters. But those same voters are generally regarded as socially conservative, leading some to wonder how the president’s support for same-sex marriage might affect the Latino electorate.

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Today’s Top Headlines

Black Churches Conflicted on Obama’s Gay Marriage Decision
Social Conservatives Claim Obama’s Gay Marriage Endorsement Could Unite Right
Personal Ties Can Change Gay Marriage Attitudes
Gay Marriage, Abortion Back in Campaign Spotlight
Cuban Leader Backs Gay Reform, Says Castro’s Daughter
25 Years Ago: Last Gay Bathhouse in San Francisco Shut Down Over AIDS
Starbucks: Going Gay Is Profitable

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WND reports that in response to objections over a public statement made earlier this year backing Washington’s same-sex marriage bill, the leadership of Starbucks Corporation assured its investors not to worry, for profits have never been better.

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The San Francisco Chronicle reported on May 13, 1987 that with the quiet closing of the last gay bathhouse in San Francisco, city health officials breathed a sigh of relief. Among many gays it was a sad passing of an era.

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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Cuban President Raul Castro backs greater gay rights and ending discrimination against homosexuals, his daughter Mariela, a famed sexologist, said during a colorful gay rights march in Havana.

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ABC News reports that abortion and gay marriage have been lumped together as the paramount wedge issues of U.S. politics — hot-button topics in the vortex of sexuality, personal freedom and public policy.

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Boston Herald reports that in revealing his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama attributed his change in thinking to a series of key conversations and experiences. Talking to members of his staff and gay service members in committed relationships made it more difficult to justify why they should not have the right to marry, he said.

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Fox News reports that prominent social conservatives are claiming that President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage could be the fuel Mitt Romney needs to unite the right in November. 

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USA Today reports that the pulpits of the nation’s black churches took measure Sunday of President Obama’s decision to support gay marriage, and the result was conflicted.

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