Theories abound as to what "causes" homosexuality.
Opinion ranges from ideas attributed to fundamentalist Christians that homosexuality is chiefly or entirely a lifestyle choice to psychological, biological, or theological ideas positing homosexual desire as inherent.
This article will examine several points of view. As of 2001-Dec-05 it is a work in progress, but with a little work it can quickly become more than a stub.
Different religions have differing views on homosexuality; this topic is the subject of the entry Religion_and_homosexuality.
Psychological and Genetic Research =
Political Views =
This may not be the best division.
Some of the views may take issue with the label 'traditional' saying that there was a lot more historical support for homosexuality than this article suggests.
Note the difficulty in keeping on topic: this is only about causal theories, not issues of morality, ethics, human rights, etc.