The problem is too many people

Re “The greening of faith,” Opinion, Feb. 27

Encouraging as “green” trends within some religions may be, none appears inclined to address the root problem spurring environmental degradation: rampant overpopulation of the planet.

Indeed, certain religions seem hell-bent (as it were) on disproportionately propagating their adherents’ numbers. Catholicism and Mormonism famously encourage large families. How illuminating, that two GOP presidential candidates — Rick Santorum, a Catholic, and Mitt Romney, a Mormon — between them have fathered 13 children.

If all couples followed these candidates’ improvident examples, the Earth’s population would triple in a generation. Enlightened environmentalist voters should shun them both.

Santa Monica

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I keep hearing political candidates and pundits refer to religious folks as “people of faith,” as this Op-ed article does.

So I suggest that we atheists and agnostics be referred to as “people of evidence.”

Camarillo

I could not have said it any better myself. Preventing gang membership through family-centered actions is a great idea.

Afamily is an individual’s support system, so it is obvious that if somebody does not have a strong support system to count on, they risk taking the wrong path.

Parents should consider spending more time with their children.

The choices a person makes are based on values instilled by those who surround him. If a child makes a good decision or a bad decision, it reflects on his or her home life.

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Los Angeles

We are bombarded this election year with “family values.”

I will be happy to vote for any candidate who, like those in Jim Newton’s article, “value families.”

Los Angeles