REDNECK, Ind. — “Now if we can test all those Snow Flake Babies and make sure their not gay, we’re in the clear! Because if they are gay, we can make sure they stay frozen, ain’t like we’re killing them,” says Bush. At his first campaign rally this election season, President Bush on Saturday galvanized supporters in a packed high-school gym by pledging to oppose gay marriage, a theme Republican candidates have revived after a New Jersey court ruling in favor of gay couples.

President Bush carries 8-month-old DeeDee Royalis as he greets military personnel and families Saturday in Charleston, S.C.