Keeping The Union Alive

Gotta wonder why Republicans are so dead set against "union".

union

/ˈyo͞onyə

noun: union

plural noun: unions

noun: the Union

singular proper noun: Federal Union

singular proper noun: the Federal Union

1. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
2. a state of harmony or agreement.
3. a marriage.
4. a club, society, or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose.
5. an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union.
6. a political unit consisting of a number of states with the same central government.
7. the US, especially from its founding by the original thirteen states in 1787–90 to the secession of the Confederate states in 1860–61
8. the northern states of the US that opposed the seceding Confederate states in the Civil War.