Will Smith Supports Barack Obama's Stance On Gay Marriage

BERLIN -- Will Smith says he supports U.S. President Barack Obama's position on gay marriage.

The Hollywood actor says the question of whether gay people should be allowed to legally marry is "about semantics."

He told reporters in Berlin on Monday that "if anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form."

Still, Smith says the president's support for gay marriage was a "brave" move in an election year.

The actor is in Berlin to promote his new film "Men in Black III" that premieres in Germany on Monday.

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Comments

[rtaylor1974]

07:59 PM on 05/16/2012

Im disappointed in both Jay-Z and Will Smith for backing the President on this.
With Mass Incarceration, Failing Schools, and record numbers for unemployment particularly related to black people .....this is what they lend their support to ?

Sure there are gay black people but that struggle is causing nowhere near the damage that mass prison incarceration does to the black community. As black men ,and presumably NOT gay . Why in would you support ad-vocation for Gay Rights when our rights as Black Men are STILL consistently trampled on ? Black Men have become a source of revenue generation of the For Profit Prison System openly traded on Wall Street. The stats are all there.... its systematic, deliberate Genocide. Black Celebs priorities are not in order.

[biffyqueen]

11:16 AM on 05/19/2012

Because it is utterly impossible to support both.

[gotmail2013]

07:38 PM on 03/06/2013

u obviously dont know the seriousness of the whole gay rights.

[rtaylor1974]

08:02 PM on 03/06/2013

It doesnt TRUMP Mass Incarceration...since neither of these two characters are Openly GAY.... Unlesss...Im mistaken....

[alans0222]

10:26 PM on 05/15/2012

I guess this answers why his wife wants a divorce. I'm sure he will find a nice guy in Hollywood to hook up with.

[RationalDubSteppa]

11:32 PM on 05/15/2012

Real cute. Don't confuse your own sexual issues, with that of a man who is clearly secure in his own sexuality to be happy for those not like him.

[LeftForTheDay]

10:00 PM on 05/15/2012

OMG, a black celebrity supporting Obama's gay marriage stance?

It's unheard of I tell ya!

Not only that..but since Will Smith agrees, now I definitely do because I always look to celebrities to figure out what I believe.

JayZ and Will Smith...nice lineup he's got there. The rest of the black world disagrees though.

[RationalDubSteppa]

11:33 PM on 05/15/2012

No, you just use a book of make believe to tell you how to think. How about thinking for yourself for a change!

[marbiol]

09:44 PM on 05/15/2012

...but he apparently doesnt support tax rates of 75% on the "rich" as may become the rule in france!

[windfred]

09:44 PM on 05/15/2012

Celebrities are so out of touch with reality

[RationalDubSteppa]

11:34 PM on 05/15/2012

Funny, I was thinking how people of faith were out of touch with reality... go figure.

[windfred]

01:12 PM on 05/16/2012

That is funny

[garrho]

09:06 PM on 05/15/2012

Wow Hot Story here folks!

[joemensa3]

06:52 PM on 05/15/2012

Will Smith is also an athletic supporter

[June25]

05:41 PM on 05/15/2012

My favorite part of the interview was how he supported paying more taxes until he heard the 75% rate quoted at which point he kind of had a change of heart.

[legnotsothrilled]

07:53 PM on 05/15/2012

That was very funny.

I'm sure he does support gay marriage. He's in the same boat at Cruse and Travolta.

[songbird4243]

08:39 PM on 05/15/2012

You know this on a personal basis?

[one1byke]

03:34 PM on 05/15/2012

"Now, if that don't beat all!"

Tyson Bexkford

[rleduffe]

12:39 PM on 05/15/2012

Yet another contrived sudo-nod from a high-profile celebrity about this issue.

"...the question of whether gay people should be allowed to legally marry is about semantics." REALLY??? Yeah - that's a blazing endorsement!

[RationalDubSteppa]

11:36 PM on 05/15/2012

It is about semantics... Religious vs. Secular. How hard is that to understand... sheesh!

[rleduffe]

01:49 AM on 05/16/2012

And true to "gay emotional a$$  fashion," you completely reacted to - as opposed to correctly interpreting my point...

[AtlGuyNextDoor]

12:06 PM on 05/15/2012

Has Bo Obama weighed in yet? I wonder what he's thinking?

What say you Bo?

[Gina Love]

07:13 PM on 05/15/2012

he says kiss where the sun don't shine!!!

[Papers Please]

10:52 AM on 05/15/2012

Will Smith, John Travolta and Tom Cruise, all Scientologists, all well known closet gays, all Democrats, all liberals.

So why WOULDN'T Will support Obama and his phony convictions?

[Gina Love]

07:14 PM on 05/15/2012

we can only wonder what you are..........................>>>>>>> lmaoooooo

[legnotsothrilled]

07:54 PM on 05/15/2012

Ooops. I posted the same thing.....great minds.

[BrianCBock]

06:58 AM on 05/15/2012

I guess he's NOT a Scientologist. Good for him.

[CrawfishFestival2]

06:16 AM on 05/15/2012

that is a VERY old photo of him.

[Irene Shannon Lawson]

12:43 AM on 05/15/2012

i support my president also hes not god so who is he to judge its the pastors who have to worry about marrying them and even under those circumstances they not suppose to judge what the can do is pray and give it to god i dont see what the big deal is about ...

[Papers Please]

10:55 AM on 05/15/2012

They invented the period and capital letters for a reason.

[s4watson]

12:01 PM on 05/15/2012

this AINT english class so get ova urself.

[RationalDubSteppa]

11:39 PM on 05/15/2012

They also invented libraries and books, so people like you could learn something inside of wallowing in their own ignorance.

[2tellthetruuth]

02:23 PM on 05/15/2012

You do not need a pastor to get married. You can choose one or if the church requires you to use one to be joined in their church you may have to, but it is not mandatory.