No, his approach doesn't take a moral view point on it, which means that anybody hostile to anything with religious overtones isn't going to reject it out of hand.
While Dawson himself doesn't take a moral viewpoint, he is clear enough about the fact that everyone in the cheater's life WILL have a moral viewpoint to take on the matter.
Effective, I think.
You could be right. People can see different meanings in the same words.