I'm kind of shocked. I feel like everyone in this thread is discussing the title and didn't actually read the second half of the article. The pope said strictly that divorce is what threatens the idea of marriage before "God". He didn't say that gender options threaten marriage.

The pope answered saying that the Bible teaches God created man and woman in his image, thus it’s “when the two become one that his image is reflected.”

He added that even though he understands that when things become difficult, or there are “temptations,” things are resolved through the road of divorce. “You find someone, I find someone, and we’ll both begin again. Who pays? Both, but more, God pays! Because God is the one who made them one, and when they divorce they dirty what God has made.”

The pontiff insisted that children also suffer tremendously from the breakdown of a marriage, including watching their parents fight.

As he’s said many times before, the pope said that fighting within a marriage is normal, and that sometimes even plates fly. His advice was for spouses to fight as much as needed, but always to resolve issues before going to bed, to prevent “the cold war” of the morning after.