In July of last year, a producer for the 8,000-year-old British soap opera Coronation Street told The News of the World, that bastion of journalistic integrity, of plans to add a lesbian character to the show’s cast. Today, News of the World is reporting that the lesbian will be “teen terror Sophie Webster,” who has been on the program since the early ’90s. But wait, there’s more:

Sophie (Brooke Vincent) shatters her new born-again Christian image by dumping her boyfriend to romp with a girl member of her bible study group.

The tearaway stunned parents Sally and Kevin when she told them she was turning over a new leaf by turning to God.

I’ll admit, that made me laugh; if nothing else, it’s bound to make for lighter viewing than For the Bible Tells Me So.