You don't get respect by affirmative action. You have to earn it by working and telling the truth.
I will grant Behe credit for attempting to formulate a scientific opposition to evolution, but whenever he has made specific claims, the claims fall short of reality.
Perhaps he serves a purpose by directing research toward hard cases, but the value of that remains to be seen.
There is a maxim in law that hard cases make bad law. The equivalent maxim in science is that gaps in knowledge do not support supernatural explanations. At best, they present opportunities for research and discovery -- a path not taken by so-called critics of evolution.
The insult game works both ways. Slander is slander. The loaded question in the headline assumes that one who doesn’t believe in evolution is dumb. That has been disproven.
Going one step further, since it was proven, then suing educators who raise questions about evolution is Kelo level sick.