Speaking Out: 15 Celebrity Parents Who Support Marriage Equality

After President Obama’s support of gay marriage, Jay-Z came out saying, “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love." He continued saying, "That’s their business. It's no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple.”
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After New York approved gay marriage Brad made the statement, "It is encouraging that New York has joined the movement to grant equal marriage rights to its citizens. But it is each American's Constitutional right to marry the person they love, no matter what state they inhabit. No state should decide who can marry and who cannot. Thanks to the tireless work of so many, someday soon this discrimination will end and every American will be able to enjoy their equal right to marriage."
Source: People

Soon after Obama’s announcement the Smash star said, "To have the President of the United States come out and openly support equal marriage rights... and [for Joe Biden] to say that Will & Grace has done more to educate the country about gays and lesbians -- it's humbling. It makes me very emotional," she told TVGuide.com.
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Mom-to-be Snooki told MTV, "We're very strong when it comes to the gay community," Snooki said. "[JWoww] has a lot of friends; her best friend is gay. I have a lot of friends who are gay. They need to be equal because they are amazing friends."
Source: MTV

Ben Affleck voiced his support a while ago on CNN saying, “I don’t think the government should be involved in any way in people’s bedrooms or lives. With so much hatred and unpleasantness in the world, why would you wanna get in the way of people who love each other marrying each other? Anybody who wants to be able to get married to anybody else should be able to. It’s not my business.”
Source: CNN

Charlize made her opinion known back in 2009 saying, "I do have a problem with the fact that our government has not stepped up enough to make [marriage equality] federal...I really understand marriage and I respect marriage. I just feel that we should all have equal rights."
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Hugh Jackman - along with a couple of other Australian celebrities - signed a statement saying, "Marriage should be about love and respect, not discrimination. Australia is at its best when we value equality over prejudice and fear. That’s why we support marriage equality for same-sex couples. Marriage equality will help remove discrimination against same-sex couples and their children. “It will also benefit marriage by allowing it to embrace more loving committed couples who uphold its values. It’s time for Australia to join the other nations that have benefitted from this important reform.”
Source: Pink News

Julianne Moore has been very supportive of marriage equality recently saying, “I think it’s a very basic human rights issue,” Julianne told WWD. “Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family. “It’s something that people will look back on in years to come and say, ‘I can’t believe it took so long for us to recognize this.’ It’ll be like segregation and giving women the right to vote.” In another interview she stated, “What children need is two loving parents. It doesn’t matter if they are two moms, or two dads, or a mom and a dad”.
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Howard Stern would have liked to seen the President go further on the issue saying, “I wish the president actually had gone further. I wish he said he was going to back some legislation on the national level,” Stern told reporters at a press conference. He added, “...this is a good first step,” he said. “It’s a baby step.”
Source: Huffington Post

Mom to be Drew Barrymore once said, "I don't want to live in a world where Prop 8 exists." telling Radar Online that she was raised by gay men and women. "It's who I am...You cannot define a family.. I will fight for as long as it takes."
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In the wake of President Obama's announcement Will Smith said, “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."
Source: News 10

Alyssa Milano has been a long time supporter of marriage equality and tweeted, "Same-sex couples should be able to get married."— Obama" right after news broke.
Source: Politico

Elizabeth Banks tweeted after the news, "@BarackObama thinks couples who are in loving, committed relationships, and want to marry, should be able to do so. NICE."
Source: Politico

Ricki Lake was very happy to hear of Obama's support, she wrote, "Love is love! #Marriageequality Thank you Mr. President @BarackObama"
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The Sister Wives even support gay marriage. “I feel like we should be more enlightened as a society,” says Kody Brown – husband of four and father of 17. “I married four women and I love them,” he said. “I chose this out of love and out of faith. I feel like I want to extend that to all people…Let individuals define their love and their marriage. I don’t want the government doing that.” He added, “Let individuals define their marriage and let individuals choose who they love.”
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