What "Full Faith and Credit" Isn't

This'll be quick because I'm doing it from my tablet, and these things weren't meant for typing.
Every time I hear "full faith and credit" in discussing the debt limit, whether it's Rachel or Lawrence or the Big O himself, I want to throw a brick at the screen. Because that phrase, from article IV, sxn I of the Constitution, is about states' responsibilities to recognize the actions of other states. Like convictions, and contracts, including marriage contracts. Get married in one state, you're still married when you go to another. This is why DOMA was passed, not just to get the feds off the hook on benefits to gay couples, but (unconstitutionally) to void this part of the Constitution when it comes to same-sex marriage contracts.

So remember, "full faith and credit" is in the news, and may be a deciding point at the Supreme Court this year during the Prop 8 review...but it doesn't have a damned thing to do with the deficit, the debt, the fiscal cliff or the debt ceiling. And when someone uses it that way, you'll know you know more than they do about the subject...and probably many more.