LAS VEGAS, The Las Vegas Centennial partnered with
Southwest Airlines to pay tribute to the "Wedding Capital of the World " by
marrying 100 couples, two from Las Vegas and 98 from around the world, in a
joint ceremony under the canopy of the Fremont Street Experience on Thursday,
June 9.newscom.
The wedding festivities continued on June 7, as the couples registered for
their marriage licenses at the Clark County Courthouse then headed to the
Fremont Street Experience for a wedding rehearsal.

The Chase family has strong
Republican roots, having printed the 1980 inaugural invitations for Ronald
Reagan. Despite these
connections, the Chases have been openly critical of the current Republican
stance on gay marriage. It is not only good business, but the right thing
to do.

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WEST BOYLSTON, Mass.com launched in early November 2003, coincidentally just weeks
before the historic Massachusetts court ruling on gay marriage.com , is an online purveyor of fine stationery, invitations,
announcements, and holiday cards for the gay and lesbian community.

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The
couples partied the night away that evening with bachelor and bachelorette
parties provided by MGM Grand's Studio 54 and New York -- New York's Coyote
Ugly respectively . The winners were chosen from more than
80 local couples who submitted essays describing their personal love story,
why they are compatible and their secret for a long-lasting marriage.com, a family business that designs, manufactures and sells fine
invitations, announcements and stationery products for the gay and lesbian
community are there for another reason. We live and breathe
diversity.

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Mayor Goodman officially
kicked off the festivities during a welcome and briefing at the Golden Nugget
Hotel and Casino, where the couples stayed during their time in Las Vegas.
On Thursday, June 9, the twosomes tested their skills at a poker
tournament at the Golden Nugget, then prepped for their nuptials with
hairstyling and make-up application for the brides.
"Perhaps because of our background, this is a firm that is very committed
to diversity," says Laipson, who now serves as Outvite's General Manager. It fit our culture.
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In addition to the wedding nuptials , the couples received a four-day
wedding package (June 6 - June 9) that included roundtrip airfare , bachelor
and bachelorette parties and a host of wedding gifts provided by local
retailers. As part of the promotion,
the Las Vegas brides each received $599 gift certificates from David's Bridal
for the dress of their dreams, while out of state brides received a $100 gift
certificate toward the purchase of a dress or bridal accessories. A jury
comprised of a local marriage counselor, a divorce attorney and a couple who
has been married for 25 years judged the essays and selected the winners.

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National couples arrived via Southwest Airlines.
Sponsors of the Las Vegas Centennial include Beaulieu Vineyard (BV Wines),
which is also celebrating 100 years of wine-making, American Express, the
official card sponsor of the Las Vegas Centennial and Albertsons, the official
supermarket of the Las Vegas Centennial.

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The
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) managed those promotions. "Our
manufacturing plant is much like a mini-United Nations.

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"This is more than just a wedding, it's an entire wedding extravaganza,"
said Mayor Oscar Goodman, Chairman of the Centennial Committee.

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Micah's father, Arthur Chase, a former Massachusetts Republican State
Senator, ran the family's business before his son took over. As a lesbian, she felt there was a
void in the marketplace for high-quality, creatively designed invitations
catering to the gay community and helped develop the business plan for what
would become OutVite.

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' These couples
are having the time of their lives and they will never forget they said their
'I do's' in Las Vegas.
Three additional couples were chosen by promotions in Las Vegas' top
international markets, including Germany, the United Kingdom and Korea. Sometimes that isn't always easy."
Forbes magazine estimates if laws were changed nationally, gay couples
would collectively spend $16. Today, it is
the nation 's leading vendor of social stationery to the gay and lesbian
market.

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As part of the national promotion, 95 couples were selected from Southwest
Airlines/Las Vegas feeder markets including Seattle , Los Angeles, Oakland/ San
Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Diego, Manchester and Houston
through a variety of television and radio promotions in those markets.

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to be supportive of our own employees.

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Sponsors of "Once Upon 100 Weddings"
include New Line Cinema's Wedding Crashers, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Authority (LVCVA), Fremont Street Experience, Southwest Airlines, Golden
Nugget, David's Bridal, Cold Stone Creamery, Costco , Las Vegas Floral
Designers International, Elegant Creations + Celebrations Florist, Special
Memory Wedding Chapel, Celebrity Coaches, Studio 54, La Femme, Coyote Ugly and
International Game Technology (IGT). For them, it's personal. As IBM, American
Airlines, Absolut, Volvo and others have found , advertising to the gay
community pays off.com or calling 1.

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The wedding experience commemorating the Las Vegas Centennial began on
Monday, June 6 when the couples arrived at McCarran International Airport. But I got unbelievable support
from my cousin and uncle, both of whom, before OutVite, had limited exposure
to the issue of gay marriage. Learn
more by visiting http://www.

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The two lucky Las Vegas Valley couples were selected by the Centennial
Committee through an online contest ."
Chase's first cousin Joanne Laipson joined the company in 2003, after
having spent many years in the corporate world, most recently as a Vice
President at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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I also experienced tremendous enthusiasm from
our staff for OutVite.8 billion to get hitched . These are the values that helped us
create a successful business and will guide us in growing this business,"
Chase says.

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A special screening of New
Line Cinema's Wedding Crashers followed at Crown Theater's Neonopolis.

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OutVite's CEO, Micah Chase, is the third generation of his family to be
involved in the social stationery business. Witeck-Combs, a Washington-based public relations and
marketing firm, and MarketResearch.OutVite.

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(Photo: NewsCom: http://www. "There's a
reason Las Vegas is known as the 'Wedding Capital of the World.
The wedding ceremony took place near the 1st Street Stage under the canopy
of the Fremont Street Experience, with traditional wedding highlights such as
the first kiss, first dance and cake cutting near the 3rd Street Stage .
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When my father and grandfather started in the
stationery business more than 50 years ago, there were plenty of people who
didn't want to do business with us simply because of our religion," Chase
said. "The parallel of our history to our entering the gay and lesbian market
is striking and convincing.com estimates gays have a buying power of
$485 billion.
OutVite.

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The
Las Vegas Valley couples were announced during a June 2 press conference at A
Special Memory Wedding Chapel in downtown Las Vegas., The historic ruling
legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and the court battles being
fought over the issue in California, New York, and other states have opened
the floodgates to the wedding industry as it clamors to get a piece of this
action.
"Our family is Jewish.

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They
were flown to Las Vegas courtesy of Southwest Airlines.866.