no. simply no. Walter Hawks was not gay. However, there have been some unrground bloggers that perpetuated this mor over anger that he allows gays to attend his church. In fact, at his funeral. Pastor Sandy Coleman addrsed this matter by sayg, "They lied on him and ma nuendos", alludg to this gossip (21 July, Walter Hawks funeral, Oakland California) credible evince (quot, ex-lovers, taped sermons,etc.) exists to suggt that Walter Hawks was gay nor has he ever ma any acknowledgement of tert other than male/female relatnships. He was married to Tramae Hawks , his childhood sweetheart for several years. After their divorce the two remaed close, misterg together song and at worship semars throughout the untry on a equent basis.
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BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
While many black pastors nmn homosexualy om the pulp, the choir lofts behd them are often filled wh gay sgers and micians. The fact that gays and lbians often hold learship posn the church is the worst kept secret black Ameri. * was walter hawkins gay *
Yet the prence of gays and lbians black church is mon. While many black pastors nmn gays and lbians om the pulp, the choir lofts behd them often are filled wh gay sgers and micians.
Wiley is a proment advote of gay marriage. Print Obama's recent announcement that he supports same-sex marriage turned the spotlight on rervatns many blacks harbor about gay rights.
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Most polls show Ain-Amerins evenly divid about gay marriage, but the vol opposn, led by preachers, has gaed more attentn.
Woon helped lead the recent mpaign that outlawed gay marriage his state. The virtuosy of gay sgers, micians and posers has been the drivg force velopg popular gospel choirs — even chart-toppg, Grammy-wng acts — that make money for a church, help expand ngregatns and raise the profil of pastors.
IS WALTER HAWKS GAY?
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It all happens unr an unspoken "don't ask, don't tell" ctom that allows gay people to be active the church, though closeted, and church to reap the benefs of their membership. "On the one hand, you're nurtured the choir but you also have to s through some of those fire and brimstone sermons about homosexualy beg an abomatn, " says E.
Patrick Johnson, an openly gay gospel sger and thor of Sweet Tea: An Oral History of Black Gay Men of the South. Patrick Johnson, who is openly gay, says morn gospel mic is largely fed by the artistry of black gay men.