The Westboro Inbred Hicks haven't done a fucking thing for Atheism. Do you really think people see them, and think "Wow. You know what, God must not exist because these guys are preaching hate." Because they're fucking not. There's more than TWENTY FUCKING THOUSAND denominations of Christianity out there. Do you really think they're going to look at this one loud group and say "Holy fuck, we're wrong after all. This group doesn't agree with us."
Giving them any credit just lends people like Mike Fuckabee and Rick "My last name has to do with Anal Sex" who want to ban gay marriage and allow discrimination against Gay people credibility. That's all it fucking does. You essentially become a Hatemonger Enabler.
You want to stop people believing in god, rather than stopping people from doing stupid shit because they believe in god.
Giving them any credit just lends people like Mike Fuckabee and Rick "My last name has to do with Anal Sex" who want to ban gay marriage and allow discrimination against Gay people credibility. That's all it fucking does. You essentially become a Hatemonger Enabler.
You want to stop people believing in god, rather than stopping people from doing stupid shit because they believe in god.