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Full faith and credit. Federal and municipal governments can promise repayment of debt securities they issue because they can raise money through taxes, borrowing, and other sources of revenue. That power is described as full faith and credit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Though the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution was written in a manner to protect a state from having another state's laws--such as a same-sex "marriage" law--forced upon it, activist courts have previously ignored the intent of the Constitution to fulfill a political agenda. The net effect was to reduce the scope of the Court's historic decision, from the larger notion of equal protection under the law, to the narrower full faith and credit clause, from macro to micro, from fed to state, from Major Homo to minor doma. Should Hawaii license same-sex marriage, other states may be bound to recognize those marriages under the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution. |
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