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I’d suggest a key practical difference is that homosexual is something people are while incest is something people do. There are, and always have been, a proportion of the population who are fundamentally attracted, romantically, emotionally and sexually, to people of the same sex. There isn’t anyone who is fundamentally attracted to people they’re closely genetically related to. Legal and social restrictions on grounds of homosexuality impact homosexuals before they’ve even considered engaging in any relationships and continues to impact them indefinitely. Restrictions on incest only impact anyone form the point they engage in particular relationships though to when/if those relationships end. Objections towards homosexuality can also tend to be more generally discriminatory, targeting that fundamental set of people regardless of what they’re actively doing at any given time. Objections towards incest tend to be more direct and only apply to people actively doing or promoting it.
All this not only changes the scale and scope of the moral and legal positions but also the practicality of protests and campaigns to change them.
All this not only changes the scale and scope of the moral and legal positions but also the practicality of protests and campaigns to change them.