[Jim Noble]

>>What if all States that were part of the union set up a theocracy?<<

States can establish a religion. They cannot set up a theocracy:

Article IV, section 4, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..."

All the States could establish the same religion, but Congress could not mandate its acceptance nationwide.

[FreeTally]

All the States could establish the same religion, but Congress could not mandate its acceptance nationwide.

Ok, "theocracy" may be a general term. What I mean, is if all states made laws solely based upon a certain religion. If all states made some type of "intercourse" laws based upon some warped translation of a religious text, then where do you go to excercise your rights?

There are just certain powers, under the concept of a free people, that no level of government may possess.

[CLRGuy]

>Article IV, section 4, "The United
>States shall guarantee to
>every State in this Union a
>Republican Form of Government..."

Still don't see how this debunks my argument, I think you have misinterpreted the clause.

I see the US government establishing in the constitution that the federal government will allow a "Republican" form of government. Maybe I misunderstand the intent here, but I see this as a guarantee to the states, not a requirement of them. It even uses the words "guarantee to" not "require of", which is what I would expect if your argument were correct.