Not us, not here, not now

Ageing couples and couples with ageing parents are growing concerned the reform will come too late for them and their families.

Marriage equality is too important and urgent for platitudes.

If O'Farrell wants the supporters of marriage equality to believe he is genuinely concerned about "national consistency" and "true equality" we need to see him actively progressing reform among his federal Liberal colleagues.

In particular he needs to show he is working with his Liberal colleagues to achieve a federal Coalition conscience vote of the kind he has already granted to NSW state Coalition MPs.

In the meantime, O'Farrell will need to do much more than offer up the weak excuses he has given for not taking action in his own domain.