This source is an excerpt from a larger book, "Building a Bridge: An Invitation to the Catholic Church and the L.G.B.T. Community to Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity", and discusses historically the tension between the church and the LGBT community, specifically the repercussions from the inhuman treatment of queer people by religious leaders. The author, James Martin, is an American Jesuit priest who works as a consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications as appointed by Pope Francis. His education comes from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, which gives him credibility as a writer for this source. The excerpt provides many good supporting quotes on the topic of the negative treatment of the LGBT community and not only how it affects them on a large scale, but how it is in practice unchrist-like and gives a bad name to religious communities.