sentences:  In 2012 Burbidge, along with Peter J. Jugis, the Bishop of Charlotte, supported North Carolina Amendment 1, urging North Carolinian Catholics to vote for the amendment and criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama's opposition to the amendment The Amendment defined civil marriage as between one man and one woman.Those opposed to the amendment argued that it was discriminatory against LGBTQ people.Burbidge argued that the legislation was not discrimination.