The sixth stanza stuck out to me the most- but this was very good, very straightforward. showing the hurt, slowly letting it unfold.

Just a response:

"I am so sick of the lack of separation of church and state in this country."

And I'm a bit sick of people throwing the term around as though it were used in the Consititution.

"I fully support your views."

Describing yourself as liberal, I highly doubt that.

"And, by the way, is your pen name a reference to John Steinback or am I just being stupid?"

The former.

Stanza 3 and 7 didn't really fit to me... But I really think you could make the rest of this work. I really like the beginning. You just need something to connect it all, I guess.