| It would have been entirely possible for them to annul the constitution and implement a theocracy. |
| Iran has made the transition in the last twenty years from a nominal constitutional monarchy to a democratic theocracy. |
| As I see it, opposition to theocracy and advocacy of a non-theistic worldview are two separate goals. |
| As long as an unelected theocracy doesn't emerge, the US will be relatively happy to declare victory and leave. |
| But the speech was most notable for the force with which Yeats pleaded that the Free State should not become a theocracy. |
| Putting God in the public square runs the risk of turning our democracy into a theocracy. |
