Sunday Links

• Florida GOP Governor Charlie Crist said this week that Republicans should spend its time and money on issues that are ''more pressing'' than the anti-gay marriage initiative it has funded for the past two years. Wait, who let this guy in the party?

• File under, "Stuff that doesn't make me proud to be a Tennessean": Legislation introduced in Tennessee by a Republican lawmaker would require death certificates for aborted fetuses, which likely would create public records identifying women who have abortions.

• Family values? The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a U.N. survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.

• After losing a bunch of Katrina-related lawsuits, State Farm has decided to stop writing new home and commercial policies throughout Mississippi. Good neighbor, indeed.

• After first opposing an increase in the state minimum wage, Missouri Republican Governor Blunt is recommending to employers such as restaurants, bars and hotels, to simply ignore the law and not provide an increase to $3.25/hour for tipped employees.