Which Way Goes Travolta?

There's a very long commentary, and I mean that in the sense of there being a lot of comments, on Salon discussing whether or not Carrie Fisher was wrong to have 'outed' John Travolta. As many have pointed out in their comments, Fisher's words were not exactly newsworthy, as there have been numerous stories about Travolta's alleged preferences over the years. Among the responses are those that say that Travolta should be left alone as he has never made an anti-gay stand, a response which is countered by those who note that his involvement with Scientology is, by itself, an anti-gay stand, given Scientology's well-known views about homosexuality.

I don't really have an opinion on Fisher's outage of Travolta, but I do think that his ties to Scientology are more likely to do more permanent damage to his box office potential than anything he might or might not be doing sexually. It was, after all, his Scientology connections that tied him to the winner of the Razzie award for the "Worst Movie of the Decade", Battlefield Earth, based on the sci-fi novel by Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. At least John hasn't resorted to jumping on couches yet.