An advocate of same-sex marriage believes there is still a chance Australia’s marriage laws could be changed within a year, despite Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s reluctance to grant Coalition MPs and senators a conscience vote on the proposal.

Australia Marriage Equality national convenor Alex Greenwich said public and political support was growing for the legalisation of same-sex marriage and he believed Mr Abbott could be forced to grant Coalition MPs a conscience vote on the issue.

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