Maxima, I hate to break it to you but there are very strict parents in every religion. Children under the age of 18, who live at home, are subject to the rules that their parents choose. One of the problems in society today is the lack of desire in parents to enforce any rules at all in their own home and they allow their kids to run rampant with no guidance or consequences for their actions.
Would you convert if your penalty is death?
We are talking about Canada here. When did you ever hear of someone being killed for leaving their religion here?
The parents can force their under 18 y.o girls into pre-arrange marriaged then.
Where did I say that children were property for the parents to do as they choose with? And it's not only Muslims that have pre-arranged marriages. It happens in other religions as well, including 'Christian' ones.
So all of the goodies of our free, open tolerant secular society do not apply to women under 18?
It has nothing to do with whether a minor is male or female. They are the responsibility of their parents until the age of 18, no matter the religion. And many of the 'goodies' of our society as you put it, do not apply to
anyone under the age of majority, no matter the religion. And they also do not apply to many who are over the age of 18 if they follow their beliefs strictly and to the letter.
Edit: I forgot to answer your first question: the big deal is that I hate predjudice and bigotry directed against anyone. When a town, no matter how small, starts to put these kind of ideas into a public declaration it's a small step towards a very slippery slope. If we start sliding down it, there will be disastrous consequences. I for one have no wish to see riots in the streets of our cities caused by such stupidity.