evidence: Contrary to what some anti-LGBTQ+ types have posted online, an inclusive Massachusetts church was not hosting a same-sex wedding when it caught fire in June. The First Congregational Church of Spencer, located in central Massachusetts, was destroyed June 2 by a fire started by a lightning strike. But no wedding was taking place there at the time — in fact, the church was empty, according to fact checks by the Associated Press, Reuters, and others. That didn’t keep social media users from posting messages like "Church burnt down by a lightening...during a marriage ceremony of homosexual couple."