Editing Will Smith (section)

===Religious and political views===
Smith was raised in a [[Baptist]] household and attended a Baptist church and [[Catholic]] school. In a 2013 interview, he said he did not identify as religious.<ref>{{cite web |title=Football Lover Will Smith on Playing the Man Who Fought the NFL |url=https://www.gq.com/story/will-smith-on-playing-the-man-who-fought-the-nfl |website=GQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101010024/https://www.gq.com/story/will-smith-on-playing-the-man-who-fought-the-nfl |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |date=November 25, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mr. and Mr. Smith: Will and Jaden Psych Up for After Earth |website=[[Vulture (blog)#Digital expansion and blogs|Vulture]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/will-and-jaden-smith-on-working-together.html |date=May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527222650/http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/will-and-jaden-smith-on-working-together.html |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Smith said in an interview with ''[[The Christian Post]]'' that his Christian faith, which was instilled in him by his grandmother, helped him to accurately portray [[Bennet Omalu]] in ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]'', saying: "She was my spiritual teacher, she was that grandmother at the church, the one having the kids doing the Easter presentations and putting on the Christmas plays and her kids and grandkids had to be first. She was the most spiritually certain person that I had ever met in my entire life. Even to the point that when she was dying she was happy, like she was really excited about going to heaven".<ref>{{cite news |title=Will Smith Touched by God on Set of 'Concussion' |newspaper=[[The Christian Post]] |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/will-smith-concussion-god-nfl-football-film.html |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021355/https://www.christianpost.com/news/will-smith-concussion-god-nfl-football-film.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Smith performed the [[Hindu]] rite of [[abhisheka]] of [[Lord Shiva|Shiva]] at [[Haridwar]], [[India]]. He also performed an [[Aarti|arti]] of the holy river [[Ganga]]. He has said that he feels a deep connection to Hindu spirituality and Indian [[astrology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/in-haridwar-will-smith-performed-rudra-abhishek-to-nullify-ill-effects-of-saturn/articleshow/66169714.cms |title=In Haridwar, Will Smith performed 'Rudra Abhishek' to nullify ill-effects of Saturn |first=Yogesh |last=Kumar |date=October 11, 2018 |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329231754/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/in-haridwar-will-smith-performed-rudra-abhishek-to-nullify-ill-effects-of-saturn/articleshow/66169714.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith and his family also met and spent time with the Indian spiritual leader [[Sadhguru]], stating that he enjoyed the heartfelt conversations between them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2020 |title=I have been following Sadhguru for a while: Will Smith |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/i-have-been-following-sadhguru-for-a-while-will-smith-6785327/ |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102023427/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/i-have-been-following-sadhguru-for-a-while-will-smith-6785327/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Smith donated $4,600 to the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]] of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="NewsMeat">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Will_Smith.php|title=Will Smith's Federal Campaign Contribution Report|access-date=January 11, 2008 |work=newsmeat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121042009/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Will_Smith.php|archive-date=January 21, 2008}}</ref> On December 11, 2009, Smith and his wife hosted the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] in Oslo, Norway, to celebrate Obama's winning of the prize.<ref name=NPPC>{{cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize Concert |url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/history/2009.php |access-date=January 11, 2011 |publisher=nobelpeaceprize.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626130108/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/history/2009.php |archive-date=June 26, 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, Smith said he supported legalizing [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Smith supports gay marriage|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=750430&vId=|publisher=Sky News|access-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724223402/http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=750430&vId=|archive-date=July 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, Smith announced that production of his upcoming film, ''Emancipation'', was being pulled from the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] because of the recent passage of the [[Election Integrity Act of 2021]], which critics viewed as a restrictive voting law, negatively impacting non-white voters. Smith and director [[Antoine Fuqua]] released a joint statement: "We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/business/will-smith-emancipation-georgia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/business/will-smith-emancipation-georgia.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=Will Smith's production pulls out of Georgia, citing the state's voting law.|first=Nicole|last=Sperling|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 12, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Lisa Respers France|title=Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua pull 'Emancipation' production from Georgia|date=April 12, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/entertainment/will-smith-antoine-fuqua-boycott-georgia/index.html|access-date=April 13, 2021|publisher=CNN|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413162711/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/entertainment/will-smith-antoine-fuqua-boycott-georgia/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>