He did not addressed the wrong spouses, but Shammai did. You know the whole thing about scripture and tradition. The debate is part of tradition and useful in improving doctrine.

Two men clinging to each other (or two women) are freed of their families of origin by the same saying. For decades, Catholic hospitals, indeed, all hospitals, shut them out. That is now illegal and even before the law changed, Catholic Hospital Association members started treating gay spouses justly. Had they done so 30 years ago, the drive for marriage equality might never have occurred.