Is there a way to create a group alias that I can text/message?

Similar to an e-mail alias that contains multiple e-mail addresses which makes it easy to send one message to multiple people, I'd like to be able to create a group alias from some set of contacts in my Address Book that I can send a message (either text or iMessage if supported by the recipient) to. Does the iPhone 4 running iOS5 support this and if so, how do I go about using this feature?
Note, I'm not looking for a group chat function where people have run a particular app in order to join a group, I just want to be able to easily send a message to > 1 person and if they want to respond it's directly to me.

You can group your contacts, but you will not be able to send group messages natively. You need a 3rd party application for this. I have developped a free one, Easy Group, to create group of contacts (family, football team), and then send group texts and group emails.
http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/easy-group/id461469079?mt=8
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