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Ron Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, has recorded this TV ad for the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Ron Reagan, 56, a son of the late Republican President Ronald Reagan, continues to starkly differentiate his views from those of his famous father.

The younger Reagan, an outspoken political liberal, has taped a television commercial for the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation.

"I'm Ron Reagan, an unabashed atheist, and I'm alarmed by the intrusions of religion into our secular government," he says in the 30-second ad. "That's why I'm asking you to support the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest and most effective association of atheists and agnostics, working to keep state and church separate, just like our founding fathers intended."

At the end of the ad, Reagan says he's a "lifelong" atheist who is "not afraid of burning in hell."

The ad aired May 22 during Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," both on Comedy Central.

Annie Laurie Gaylor, a co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said Reagan taped the ad for free at a Seattle studio.