Today in California we saw the Supreme Court uphold an unfair, unnecessary and outright bigoted law that further enshrines injustice into the State's constitution. It is a dark day and an even darker blemish on the beautiful road to freedom in a state that has always stood for fairness and lead the way in defining "Justice for All."

But despite the setback that most of us knew would come today I couldn't be prouder to be a Californian. I live in a state where my beautiful brothers and sisters have been allowed to wed regardless of who they love. We have continued to rattle the cage of inequality and we will not give up. It was an extraordinary thing to read how the Iowa justices quoted our own in its unanimous decision to allow marriage equality and I have NO doubt that we have not heard the last of California and its great people.

For today, allow a spot of sadness for the fear that still drives so many to hateful action. For tomorrow take heart in knowing that our day is coming soon... of that there is no doubt. I love you,

Chad

Born June 5, 1974 in Cerritos, California, Chad Allen, whose full name is Chad Allen Lazzari, grew up in Long Beach, CA. He's the youngest of four boys, and his parents were hoping for a girl. They got one, in the shape of Chad's twin sister, Charity. Chad was the "extra change", as he puts it.

Chad got his start in show business when his mother started entering him and his twin sister Charity in "twin contests" at fairs, and they won quite a few times. People kept telling his mother how cute the twins looked together, and that she should try to get the them into acting.

Charity didn't much like show business at all, but Chad was bitten by the acting bug. It was decided that Chad Lazzari sounded like a name for a dark-haired Italian, not a blond, blue-eyed boy, and he started out on his acting career as Chad Allen instead. His first job was in a McDonalds television commercial, at age four. His first dramatic work came at age six, in a pilot for a television series that never went into production, Cutter to Houston.

His first big break in a television series happened when he was eight and joined the cast of "St. Elsewhere" as Tommy Westphall, an autistic boy. He played that character literally until the very end, when he was the last actor on-screen in the final scene of the final episode of St. Elsewhere in 1988. During that period, he worked continuously (and sometimes simultaneously) on a succession of other successful TV shows: Webster (1985-1986), Our House (1986-1988) and My Two Dads (1989-1990).

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November 17, 1978 - April 24, 2008