'Evolutionists' (I am guessing you really mean proponents of common decent and/or natural selection) welcome discussion based on scientific evidence that shines new light on the subject. Rest assured that as soon as someone develops a falsifiable scientific theory of intelligent design it will receive the consideration it deserves.
Insisting that science grant legitimacy to something just because you would really, really like it to be true by 'teaching the controversy' demonstrates a complete lack of understanding for science.
I also find it amusing that you find labeling something 'religious' to be an accusatory term. It reminds me of a gay rights activist that accuses his critics of being homosexual themselves.
"I also find it amusing that you find labeling something 'religious' to be an accusatory term."
Hmmm, I don't know where you got that idea. I simply stated that, when science speculates on first causes, it defaults to a religious assumption...i.e. naturalism. Just as those who believe in God default to God.
Speculating on the origin of life ain't the same as observing chemical reactions or the results of particle accleration....science and religion become one at this point.....both having to rely on either faith or complex reasoning.