I'm with Dawkins on this, although I do think that, by and large, he's not the best face of atheism. In case there's any doubt I'm atheist and I'm never afraid to argue against religion with anyone; whether they're the imman who lived a few doors down from my old house or the local vicar - they've been the most fun guys I've ever had talking about religion with due to the way they've respected my right to hold my view and vice versa; the more heated the discussion the better - and the most fun. I love talking to those who actually know what they're talking about.
My view has always been - God, whatever their form, is meant to be so much stronger than us that me bitchin' about them will not harm them: and who the hell is a follower of a religion think they are if their god can't smite me and they have to do it themselves? Either they're admitting there is no god, or that their personal god is weaker than they themselves are.
edit: I AM semi-militant atheist; but I'd never disrespect anybody's right to believe what they want to, just so long as they cause no harm through their belief: such as banning contraception, damning those who require an abortion, shutting members of their own community out because they hold different beliefs or killing in the name of religion. I speak out and stand up against that and have been campaigning for years to have the C of E and Catholic Lords taken out of our upper house as they have, in my mind, no right to speak for the approx. 70% of us Brits who are not actively religious.