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.
trade union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; you have to join the union in order to get a job. labor union, trades union, union, brotherhood. organization, organisation - a group of people who work together. industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft. craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft.