I'm not in to all those religions squabbles. Personally, I've heard enough about the pedophiles and perverted running the churches. CA problems are based and rooted in state government corruption and government unions and government retirement pensions. They'll eventually be broke...A good thing...And this needs to happen.
Another post that is a perfect example of why California failed.
Evangelicals are mentioned because they are the rightwing core, the conservative base, states that have a lot of them are stronger in the face of liberalism, than those lacking them.