I do know that just the other day, a prominent conservative talk show host was seriously discussing the idea that the "Red" states should secede and make their own country with all the right Christian moral values, etc.
Frankly, I think unconditional love is just an ego-protective notion within the context of a freely formed adult union. When somebody indicates "I am staying in this relationship even though you did terrible thing a,b and c because I believe in unconditional love." they are turning a blind eye to their own perhaps less pristine motivations for staying in the relationship. The lack of conditions attached to their love exist in exact proportion to their fears attached to no longer loving. "What will happen to me if I no longer love you?" is the question the concept of unconditional love avoids or renders moot. Few of us love ourselves enough to tolerate or even consider the psychological (as opposed to physical) state of being alone with equanimity. We tell our children "You will never be alone because I will always love you.". When we say to a partner "I love you unconditionally " we are really saying to ourselves "I will never be alone because my love will always bind me to my lover."
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
