NEW YORK, NY October 12, 2008 —Now that Connecticut has legalized same sex marriage, New Yorkers are wondering if the Empire State could be next.

REPORTER: Governor Paterson has said he'd sign a gay marriage bill if the legislature sends him one. And with Democrats close to gaining control of the legislature in the November election, such legislation could make it to a vote. But Hofstra University Law Professor Joanna Grossman says a Democratically-controlled Albany is no automatic green light for gay marriage.

GROSSMAN: I think New York is poised, but you don't want to take that too far. New york has been poised to do a lot of things like amend its divorce laws for a long time and has never actually done it.

REPORTER: The The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the state's civil unions law does not provide same-sex couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples, in violation of the state's constitution.

Connecticut is now the third state to legalize same sex marriage after Massachusetts and California. The ruling goes into effect October 28th.

Opponents of the decision legalizing gay marriage say they'll push voters to call for a constitutional convention, a question that appears on the November ballot. They say they also could ask the General Assembly to pass on a law on the issue.