presidential race

Today Gary Johnson, GOP candidate for President in 2012, announced that he is updating his position on same-sex marriages versus civil unions. I support the legalization of same-sex marriage in my own state so overall I'm pleased to hear this announcement. I am also a little concerned about the language Gov Johnson used when he said that marriage should be up to individuals rather than the states. 

I'd like to see the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) go away and I would like to see the federal government recognize for tax and other legal purposes any marriage that was legal in the state in which it was performed. But I'd like state legislatures or the people of each state to make that call. If a state does not wish to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, I don't think the Federal Government ought dictate that they do. That seems almost as bad as DOMA.