WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 10: Same-sex wedding cake topper figurines are seen at Cake and Art cake decorators June 10, 2008 in West Hollywood, California. Business is increasing sharply for local wedding services in the days leading up to the start of legal marriages for gay and lesbian couples June 17. Same-sex weddings could grow the California wedding industry by $684 million and, over the next three years, add $64 million to the state's budget, a study by the Williams Institute at UCLA's law school reports. The California Supreme Court refused to stay its decision legalizing same-sex marriage despite calls by conservative and religious opponents for the court to stop same-sex couples from marrying before an initiative to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage goes to ballot in November. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Same-sex wedding cake topper. (David McNew/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender aren’t universal in their support of their own right to marry, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center.

The survey found that, while support is overwhelming in all segments of the community, seven percent of a nationally-representative sample said they oppose same-sex marriage.

There is a split in support among party and religious lines, with 81 percent of Democrats strongly in favor and 45 percent or Republicans. On the whole, 96% of Democrats and 78% or Republicans responding showed at least some support for legalization. Those who did not report a religious affiliation were 15 percent more likely to support same-sex unions.

Also of note was the finding that 39% of participants said that the issue was taking too much focus away from issues important to the community. However, 64 percent Democrats say same-sex marriage should be the top priority for LGBT people.

The survey also found that unmarried members of the LGBT community were a bit more likely to say they want to get married than the general public.

The sample, which was designed to provide a nationally representative sample, includes 1,197 self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults 18 years of age or older. The sample comprised 398 gay men, 277 lesbians, 479 bisexuals and 43 transgender adults.