[gridlock]

In the United States, they are certainly connceted. They are not necessarily connected, so you are right in saying that one leads inevitably to the other would be a logical fallacy. But they are in this particular case, and it is this particular case the I care about.

[Gumlegs]

How, in the United States and the United States alone, are they connected?

I understand your concern for our rights, but I don't agree that that concern should govern science.