Not quite true. State governments get their properly delegated powers in the same way the federal government does, through their constitutions. The people of a state might empower their state government to establish a state religion by granting that power to the state government in the state constitution, but no state government automatically has that power by default simply because it isn't specifically prohibited that power in the US Constitution.
The basic principle of our form of government is that all power held by government is delegated to that government by the people subject to its governance.
The basic principle of our form of government is that all power held by government is delegated to that government by the people subject to its governance.My point was that they could set one up, not that they wouldn't still need to have the people of that state to consent to such a government. I agree with you 100%.
I'm speaking in theory here, not in literal terms, in theory there could exist a majority (or a 2/3 majority to amend or change the state constitution) in a state who chose this form of governement for the state.