"I think she (Sally) didn't want to (come out) earlier, because I was a bit anti-that and maybe she didn't want to upset me," he said.

"She sat my wife and I down and said `I want to tell you something' and that's how we spoke as a family."

The 54-year-old Latrobe resident said his close relationship with Sally had not changed as a result of that conversation, but his views had.

"Everyone has an opinion, but once it's close to home you realise what's important. My daughter is the same daughter I reared and just because her sexual preferences are different from mine doesn't mean a thing," he said.

"She is a nurse, she has a beautiful partner and a child and if they wish to get married, I can't see why they can't."