A new study has revealed that at least one third of millennials who have distanced themselves from an organized religion made the decision to leave because of anti-LGBT ideals or teachings.

The Public Religion Research Institute reported on Wednesday that a recent probe showed 31 percent of people aged 18 to 33 left their religions based on same-sex morals, MSNBC reported.

That group of young people cited "negative teachings" or "negative treatment" of gays as a "somewhat important," or "very important" reason for their leaving a religious organization.

These findings echo a larger movement in the United States toward overall acceptance of LGBT citizens - the same survey reported that about 53 percent of the 4,509 Americans polled said they supported same-sex marriage. That's a 21 percent jump from a 2003 poll, taken after Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay unions, Reuters reported.

The study also revealed that 58 percent of the Americans polled thought religious organizations were "alienating" millennials due to "being too judgmental on gay and lesbian issues."

Of the young people polled, 70 percent agreed with this opinion, MSNBC reported.

The breakdown by religion showed that Jewish people were most likely to support LGBT marriage, with a full 83 percent reporting that they did. 58 percent of white Roman Catholics and 56 percent of Hispanic Catholics also said they'd support gay unions, while 46 percent of Hispanic Protestants said they'd like to see gay and lesbian couples get married legally.

59 percent of black Protestants and 69 percent of white evangelical Protestants don't support LGBT marriage, Reuters reported.

There's no question that these numbers show what PRRI Chief Executive Robert Jones calls "a fairly remarkable shift" in opinion, as he told Reuters.

"As public opinion goes, we really rarely see this kind of movement on any issue over a decade's time," he said during a conference call interview.

See the full findings here.