Ashcroft came to the Buckle on the Bible Belt to, among other things, sing as well as expound on his views.

[link|http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/2734992.htm|Charlotte Observer article.]

A quote, I hope is sincere, is:
Some people, he said, have told him they're afraid he'll impose his religion on others.

"I have to carefully tell them that it's against my religion to impose my religion," he said.

A quote amusing to me is:
Ashcroft noted that he never attended seminary, and joked that as a result, "the things that I say may be totally wrong."

"As a matter of fact, there is a substantial community of individuals who believe the things I say are totally wrong," he said, alluding to his many critics. "That hasn't stopped me from saying them before and it won't stop me from saying them again."