The United States is home to about 7 percent of all Catholics in the world. As of 2010, an estimated 23 percent of U.S. adults and 24 percent of the total U.S. population are Catholic. The U.S. Catholic population has lost more members than it has gained from denominational switching.
Definition of civil union. : the legal status that ensures to same-sex couples specified rights and responsibilities of married couples.
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism. 2. a member of a trade union. 3. (initial capital letter) a supporter of the federal union of the United States of America, especially during the Civil War.