I want to say that I certainly hope these two young men apply to my law school—I'm going to be handing out my card here—because I think they're acquitting themselves so magnificently today.
In terms of my feelings on a second alternative if the bill is going through, I would have to agree with what Ms. Pate has said in terms of supporting what you're suggesting.
With respect to the rebuttable presumption, I think the problem there is that you're still sending out the message of criminal behaviour. You're still sending out the message that young girls don't have control over their sexual autonomy. You're still capturing people within a criminal justice system. Rebuttable presumption would only work to the extent that you actually had a trial, and we know that most cases like this don't end up at trial. They're plea-bargained to avoid the costs and consequences of being caught up in the system.
So I see that as a really poor alternative, although I suppose it's the next best thing to an all-out ban.