How Ron Reagan, son of a true believer, became an atheist unafraid of ‘burning in hell’

How did a son of Republicans Ronald and Nancy Reagan become an “unabashed atheist”? And how did the parents take that?

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-13/george-skelton-ron-reagan-atheist-freedom-from-religion-foundation
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