teachers' vs. parents' responsibility

I was fortunate to go to public school at a place and time when I had absolutely no idea what my various teachers' political and religious views were--I guess they were more focussed on preparing us for college and careers.  I would rather let the parents decide how they choose to impart religious and political values to their children and I can concentrate on teaching academic subjects without shaming or criticizing children whose cultural views I happen not to share.  (Full disclosure--while growing up I went to a mainline Protestant church (rarely, if ever) and in school we studied standard-issue evolution in Science, so I never had to deal with a predominantly Fundamentalist Christian community, and do not subscribe to those views.) What I find more troubling is the smug, condescending attitude of some in the field of education to anyone who happens to disagree with them on any subject.  Teachers are definitely in a position of power and unfortunately, this power is misused all too often.  Ideally, I would like to model the behavior of teachers I had in school (prior to college) and work toward preparing my students for success, rather than imposing my personal political/religious views on them.