GLEE Plans Another Hard-Hitter

From Christopher Rosen at www.wetpaint.com:

During tonight's episode of Glee, show creator Ryan Murphy and the cast tackle the subject of religion with surprising little snark and sarcasm. The episode, "Grilled Cheesus," is one of the best yet and will no doubt touch everyone who watches. But if you think this is the last time Glee plans on getting serious, think again. There's also the rash of gay teen suicides in the news lately, something that everyone in the cast wants to speak out against.
"Ryan [Murphy] wants to do an episode about it, which I think is very smart of him," Matthew Morrison told E!. "As a cast I don't know much we can do. That's why I think an episode would be great... Ryan is very current with staying on the times, so I think it would be this season if it were to happen."

Echoed Heather Morris: "I just found out today about the episode, and I think that's amazing. I just saw the tragedies on the news the other night. I think people need to be aware of what the Internet is doing for so many people. Yeah it's good, but people are putting up other people's private movies? It's disgusting."

(Heather is referring to Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers student who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after a video of him with another man was put online without his knowledge.)
"It's sad that it's taken these past few weeks and horrible tragedies to really let people know what's going on," added Kevin McHale. "I think being in our position and Ryan taking that on is great.Hopefully we can move the general public and let the kids and the parents watching the show know that everybody deserves to be loved."

Jessalyn Gilsig agrees: "What's unique about Glee is we have this audience of kids and adults. Just as it's important to send this message to the kids about bullying and the effect in can have, we have to send it to the parents. We have to send it to the teachers. It's the adults who have to start taking responsibility and managing this behavior and educating youth on acceptance, empathy, and compassion. In a sense, I can't even demonize the children as much as I do the families that need to know. Parents and the administration need to take responsibility."

Source: E!