Atheists turning to cult behaviour?

[Alex K]

I mean, it is a bit like "the gays", isn't it. Gay or LGBTwhatever people have widely different philosophical and political views, and in the same sense it is nonsensical to discuss what "the gays" are doing wrong, it is also with atheists.
The lowest common denominator is more or less to try and get legislation and society as a whole to move in a direction such that equal rights are ensured and discrimination is minimal. However, as soon as you get people to step up into the spotlight or organize in some way, as is necessary to reach any of those goals, you have opened pandora's box of movement politics and tribal behavior. How can I communicate to the public that, just to give an example, I fully support Richard Dawkins' scarlet letter Out campaign for the usual reasons, but the guy does not speak for me on any issues, he's not my or anyone's atheist pope and his opinions mean squad to me unless he provides a good reason, like anybode else? It seems it is nigh impossible to get that into peoples' heads.