A national television commercial featuring parents and grandparents talking about why they want marriage equality will screen across the country from today, as advocates dismissed the latest call from the likes of Liberal MP Warren Entsch for a national civil union scheme instead.

The advertisement was organised by Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) in a bid to increase pressure on Coalition Leader Tony Abbott to allow for a conscience vote for Liberal and Nationals MPs when a private member’s bill on same-sex marriage is introduced in Federal Parliament this year.

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