I do not have atheist leaders. I enjoy watching great debaters like Hitchens and will probably repeat many things I have heard in their debates and writings without crediting that thought to them. They also are repeating ideas proposed by people like Bertrand Russell and Corliss Lamont. After 9-11 atheists have taken the outspoken stance since theism is as serious a threat now as fascism was in the 30's and 40's. Actually theism is a form of fascism.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!