2014 will be an important year for marriage equality

But identifying who might change their mind is just the start.

Supporters of marriage equality in each of these electorates will need encouragement and resources to organise local campaigns.

Advocates for reform will need to focus their attention away from the inner-city, where marriage equality has already won the day, and focus instead on suburban and regional Australia where it is still a contested issue.

Most of all, advocates for reform on the centre right should begin making the case in a way that libertarians and social conservatives can support.

This means highlighting how allowing same-sex couples to marry enhances the freedom of individuals to take responsibility for their own lives, and how it strengthens relationships and binds families together.

If the centre left embraces marriage for same-sex couples as a matter of equality, anti-discrimination and inclusion the centre right will do the same because it is a matter of fairness, freedom and family.

Polls show Australians overwhelmingly believe marriage equality is inevitable. The question then becomes, why wait any longer?

Why allow any more same-sex partners to pass away before they have the opportunity to legally pledge their commitment to each other?

Why allow more children of same-sex couples to grow up without the opportunity of having married parents? Why allow more countries to precede Australia towards the goal of equality for all loving committed couples?

If, like me, you believe there's no reason to delay any longer, 2014 may be our year.