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.
Civil unions are a legal partnership, open to both same-sex and heterosexual couples, and no religious institution or leader would be required to perform or recognize them. Civil unions, domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages performed in other states would be recognized as civil unions in Hawaii. Statute: Hawaii Stat. Â§ 572-1.7 Illinois