I have exactly the same problem … cant link to section id’s on the home page from another page. The correct URL shows momenterily, then disappears leaving me at the top of the homepage, with http:/siteurl/#
I think it is spomething to do with one of the javascript files (possibly common.js) which uses a[href^=’#’] … but I don’t understand enough about js coding to make sense of this.
This seems to be a problem with this theme (thee is an unanswered support message from a year ago with the same issue).
Apart from this issue, I really like this theme, so it would be good to figure out what is causing it.
Cheers
Toby