Commenters asserted that in a prison proceeding, t*** is an imbalance of electrical power amongst *** accused particular person and *** authorities prosecuting *** accused, and hence *** U.S.
*** commenters argued that *** presumption of non-accountability is a presumption that *** alleged harassment did not come about. Commenters argued that *** present strategies demand religious establishments to establish which tenets of ***ir faith are in conflict with Title IX, w***as *** proposed restrictions would not require educational institutions to thoroughly elaborate which of ***ir tenets are contradicted by Title IX.
Additionally, various commenters argued that *** Department proposed *** presumption *** *** Department seeks to perpetuate *** ***th of untrue reporting in Federal policy and needs to defend *** status and p***ons of *** accused. Commenters argued that *** presumption would stimulate schools to dismiss or punish historically Start Printed Page 30258marginalized groups that report ***ual harassment by implying *** sort of complainants are "lying" about ***ual harassment, and that complainants will *** chilled from reporting out of belief that ***y will be retaliated from (i.e., by getting punished for "lying"

when ***y do report.
The Department does not look for to "perpetuate *** ***th of wrong reporting in Federal policy," nor does it need "to safeguard *** popularity and pursuits of *** accused" at *** expense of victims as some commenters claimed.