Also, it's actually worth noting that Bones is suffering from a mental disease.
You know, it's weird. I have a Degree in psychology and I can't figure out what you call someone who is "mentally disabled/challenged" but not actually disabled... IE has multiple docorates.
Either way, the most interesting parts of her interactions with Booth about religion aren't because she's an atheist. It's because she has Aspargers Syndrome.
Or as the creators say "something like it" because they don't want to be under the pressure of having to be 100% accurate towards the syndrome.
Which again, shows the issue. Mental diseases are even more underrepresented then atheism, instead being downgraded to "quirks" because it would be limiting. Much like atheism is as a storytelling device.
It's not a function of discrimination, it's a function of... functionality.
