Mickey Dollens
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Oct 8, 2026
Dan BarkerHOST
During the breaks, listen for Monk's famous tunes, In Walked Bud, I Mean You, Round Midnight, and Blue Monk.
Annie Laurie GaylorHOST
Now, here's a fun clip from an interview our legislative staff member Mickey Dollens recently did with podcaster John Fugelsang, the author of Separation of Church and Hate, on Fugelsang's podcast, The Oath and the Office.
Mickey DollensGUEST
What they're doing is creating religious pressure.
Mickey DollensGUEST
They're creating that someone could be felt left out if they don't participate.
Dan BarkerHOST
Mm-hmm
Mickey DollensGUEST
... pray, of course.
Dan BarkerHOST
Mickey Dollens is a state representative from Oklahoma, who also serves as FFRF's regional governmental affairs manager.
Dan BarkerHOST
And we have Mickey with us today.
Corey BrettschneiderHOST
And, you know, that's what's going on, that we have this delicate, careful structure, and a president whose every instinct, every decision, is to destroy that structure, and that's why we're in a dramatic moment.
Corey BrettschneiderHOST
Because what's gonna win? The structure, defended by judges, especially the lower court judges, since the Supreme Court has so often, as we'll talk about with Mickey Dolenz, abandoned-
John FugelsangHOST
Mm-hmm
Corey BrettschneiderHOST
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7 MINS LATER
Corey BrettschneiderHOST
So sometimes, you know, it's not enough to say the government lacks the power.
Corey BrettschneiderHOST
The way that our system works is that you need standing to sue, and so this really matters, I think, in that that's where the standing comes from.
John FugelsangHOST
Well, we gotta take a quick break, but when we come back, I am so excited to talk to the pride of Oklahoma, Democratic legislator Mickey Dolenz.
John FugelsangHOST
Wow.
Dan BarkerHOST
He and his lyricist brother, Ira, were of Jewish heritage, but they were both non-believing and non-observant.
Dan BarkerHOST
Listen for some of Gershwin's music today, including "The Man I Love," "Summertime," "Rhapsody in Blue," and "Our Love is Here to Stay." We have a YouTube video show called Secular Spotlight, and this week on Secular Spotlight, FFRF's senior policy counsel, Ryan Jayne, and our governmental affairs manager, Mickey Dollens, discussed the implications of a question that'll soon be on Wisconsin's ballot during the very consequential election this November.
Dan BarkerHOST
Question two asks voters if the state constitution should be changed to prohibit government officials from closing places of worship during declared emergencies.
Dan BarkerHOST
Two faith leaders joined the show to express why even they oppose this amendment.