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To the Cross and Back

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 7 a.m.

We love Paris, and detest religious terrorism. In The News: Governor Kasich calls for an agency to spread \u201cJudeo-Christian values,\u201d but American values are from the Enlightenment, not religion. Mormons are leaving the church over their gay-marriage stance. After hearing John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine,\u201d we talk with Fernando Alc\xe1ntar, a Mexican immigrant who was converted by American missionaries, became a Christian leader, and then became a gay atheist activist. His new book is To The Cross and Back: An Immigrant\u2019s Journey from Faith to Reason.