[ConservativeNJdad]

The 14th Amendment guarantees the protection of the rights of all U.S. citizens, regardless of the municipality in which they live.

Incorrect. The 14th Amendment guarantees the protection of the rights of all U.S. citizens, regardless of the state in which they live.

In NYC, there is a law stating that a porno shop may not be within a certain distance of a school, place of worship, or another porno shop. In Ocean City, NJ, non-essential businesses (as determined by town council) may not operate on Sundays. If such laws were enacted by a state or by Congress, they would be unconstitutional.

[Storm Orphan]

The courts have repeatedly ruled that the same prohibition which applies to the states apply to municipalities.

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation
of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."
--Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545