I am reading very clearly your intent. You want “freedom of association” in the way that they actually DID it. Which included persecution. And you then say that oh, if persecution is so bad it will fail. Well if murder is so bad it will fail. If rape is so bad it will fail. Why make an exception for persecution?
If the place were so bad as you suggest, nobody would go or stay there with a preferable alternative not far away.
Where did you read that I preferred persecution? I preferred LIBERTY. Further, if you think I'm advocating "going back" in whole, then why would I allow any place for in my statements for gays and lesbians? They wouldn't even enter my thoughts as permissible behavior. Just because there were attributes of the original Federalist system I prefer, does not mean I want to set time backward. I do think laws setting aside a non commercial day would be a good thing, but there might be limits that modern reality would set. I'm OK with that.
Really, your bitterness has me all wrong, and your obvious need to attack me betrays your true heart.