Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt childern?

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Is homosexuality a learned behavior?

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No

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Even if it isn't, should children be subjected to the ridicule that could come with having two parents of the same sex?

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It's up to the adoption agency. When people give up their children for adoption they would be able to choose between adoption agencies that do allow gay couples and agencies that don't. If nobody wants to give up their children to gay couples then so be it. My opinion is that if I had a child that I had to give up for whatever reason, I'd want him/her to go to a loving home, regardless of the sexuality of the parents. The alternative is being shuffled between foster homes or living in an orphanage. I would want to minimize the chance of this, so it would make sense for me to give my child to the agency with the largest possible availability of loving families, and that would be the one that included gay couples.

Incidently, if the child is abandoned, then obviously whichever adoption agency winds up with them would make the decision.

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Are there other long term development issues that could affect children negatively?

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Dunno, but I doubt it.

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Is is solely a problem of perception and society that some people believe that homosexual couples should not be allowed to adopt?

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Absolutely.