Several readers have written in to tell me that the homosexual-marriage

business is all about Social Security survivor benefits. Homosexuals —

including lesbians, by the way — have shorter life expectancy that the rest

of us . It’s not just AIDS, either.

There are all sorts of other factors — e.g. homosexual men smoke more than

heterosexuals. Ergo (my readers say) survivor benefits is a big draw for

homosexuals.

I know there is more to the homosexual-marriage push than this, but I’d be

interested to know if anyone has costed out the survivor-benefits angle.