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I think atheism and 'free will' are strongly bonded, and I'd question any atheist who claimed atheism on the basis of "insufficient proof" who didn't also believe in free will.
I personally hold atheism as a superior theory to theism because there is no convincing and substantial empirical evidence to demonstrate the existence of a deity. In this absense of evidence, the safest position is to deny the claimed existence. The existence of the Easter Bunny is similarly unsupported, so the safest position is to deny its existence.
So when asked the question of free will, that is, are my decisions pre-determined or decided by an outside force, the answer is the same. As far as I know and can empirically measure, all of my actions, positions, and determinations are a product of my brain and therefore my "free will." Until such convincing and substantial empirical evidence exists to demonstrate that my decisions were actually made by another individual or entity, I see no reason to believe it.
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"I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel
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