Joint statement from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State University

Shelly Green, president and CEO of the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau

House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland)

North Carolina Democratic Party

Durham Bulls

U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08)

UNC President Margaret Spellings

GREENSBORO (WTVD) -- The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA's lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people.The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the league's championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes all championship this academic school year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled to be played in Charlotte in December.HB2 was designed to block a Charlotte non-discrimination ordinance, part of which allowed transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with. The state law requires people to use the restroom according to their biological sex listed on their birth certificate in government buildings, schools, and universities. The law also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections and blocks municipalities from adopting their own anti-discrimination and living wage rules."The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount," ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. "Today's decision is one of principle, and while this decision is the right one, we recognize there will be individuals and communities that are supportive of our values as well as our championship sites that will be negatively affected. Hopefully, there will be opportunities beyond 2016-17 for North Carolina neutral sites to be awarded championships."The neutral site championships that will need to be relocated are as follows:On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Pat McCrory reacted to the ACC's announcement with a statement that echoed his response to the NCAA's earlier decision to pull championship events out of the Tar Heel State."The issue of redefining gender and basic norms of privacy will be resolved in the near future in the United States court system for not only North Carolina, but the entire nation," McCrory said in the statement. "I strongly encourage all public and private institutions to both respect and allow our nation's judicial system to proceed without economic threats or political retaliation toward the 22 states that are currently challenging government overreach."The ACC's decision was also met with support and opposition Wednesday from other groups and individuals. Some responses are listed below.- North Carolina Democratic Party Executive Director Kimberly Reynolds