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Governor Andrew Cuomo has starting a campaign to drum up support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York state. Within the next two months, the state legislature is expected to take up the matter.

Two years ago, the Senate rejected a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriages. But Gerald Benjamin, a political scientist at SUNY New Paltz, says this bill has a chance of passing — even though the Senate is now controlled by Republicans.