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Text Box: This panel will address the summer’s historic developments regarding same-sex marriage,  including the extension of marriage to all same-sex couples in California and to out-of-state couples in Massachusetts.  The panel will provide an overview of the legal implications of these developments, including demographics on who's marrying, why, and what benefits are and are not incidental with marriage.     Text Box:  Panelists: ¨ Brad Sears     Executive Dir., Williams Institute   ¨ Nan Hunter     Legal Scholarship Dir., Williams Institute     Law Prof. Georgetown University   ¨ M.V. Lee Badgett     Research Director, Williams Institute     Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Massachusetts   ¨ Susan Silber     Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev, P.A.   ¨ Patrick Canavan & Daniel McNeil          Text Box: Location: UC Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036  (202) 974-6200 Text Box: Limited Seating! RSVP: Matt Strieker, 310-206-0725 or strieker@law.ucla.edu Text Box: Williams Institute Policy Circle *** A Historic Summer for Same-Sex Marriage: What does it mean? Who's marrying? And Why? *** Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6:00pm - Reception 6:30pm - Panel