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Organization established to oppose potential ballot proposals intended to nullify state and local legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. Minutes, newsletters, and other files documenting the arguments and techniques used by both those promoting and opposing state ballot initiatives limiting protection of the civil rights of lesbians and gay males.

These records were sent to Affirmations by a former member of MCHD who was moving out of the state. Affirmations Lesbian Gay Community Center, founded in 1988, is a community based, direct service agency for the lesbian and gay community in southeastern Michigan. The records document the arguments and techniques used by both those promoting and those opposing state ballot initiatives (specifically in Michigan, Colorado, and Oregon) to limit the degree to which the civil rights of gay people are protected under the law. Most of the materials in this collection were created in 1993, and although this collection provides a window into the activities of the MCHD and the organizations it opposed, there are no materials relating to the outcome of its efforts.