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No, silly! He didn't say that in so many words... But isn't that what "moral values" is code for?

President Bush will renew a quest in his second term for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage as essential to a "hopeful and decent" society, his top political aide said on Sunday.

Bush's call for a constitutional ban on gay marriages failed last year in Congress, but his position was seen as a key factor motivating Christian conservatives concerned about "moral values" to turn out in large numbers and help supply Bush with a winning margin in last week's election.

"If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is that marriage ought to be, and should be, a union of a man and a woman," Bush political aide Karl Rove told "Fox News Sunday."
(via Reuters)

I love it. "Hopeful and decent."

But then I guess, given the Bush mandate, these guys can do anything.

For the Bush flip-floppping and cowardice on this issue, see back here.