Same-Sex Marriage One Step Closer in Maryland

A district court in Maryland ruled in favor of the gay couples suing for marriage rights. Here's the Reuter's article.

Granted, the last time a state recognized gay marriage rights, Heather and I moved before they went into effect. But this time around, I'm hoping that:

A. Maryland's high court will agree with the district court.
B. It won't take too long.
C. No constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage will go through in the meantime.

I had an interesting conversation about this last night w/a couple of UCC pastors. They were of the opinion that marriage should be separated into civil and religious ceremonies anyway, since the way it's set up now, clergy become an agent of the state when performing a wedding. I like the radical overtones of this assessment, but at the moment would settle for state recognition before a total system overhaul can be put in place.