ATTORNEY-General Nicola Roxon said she would vote for gay marriage when the chance came later this year and the “time is coming” for change, as protesters marched across the nation.

But Ms Roxon also stood behind Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who stridently opposes legalising same-sex marriages, saying “people of good will can have different views on it.”

The attorney-general was speaking as thousands of Australians held protest marches across the country calling on Ms Gillard to change her stance after US President Barack Obama said that same sex couples should be able to wed.

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