I might be stepping out on a limb here, but IMO Americans have already long attained all the rights (and more) they could possibly have as promised in the Constitution. All new "rights" are contrived and are really preferences meant to give a subculture Carte Blanche to engage in activity the law has deemed immoral. Sorry, but can you give me a possible "right" that some individual is currently being denied?
You misconstrued my meaning. But to explain, gays are entitled to the same rights as any other individual under the constitution — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I agree with you regarding “new rights.”