And he and our other leaders in Congress are there to protect it:

That’s why we should always sing it ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] in our common language, English. And that’s why today I am introducing a resolution that affirms that statements of national unity, especially the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem, ought to be recited or sung in English.

“We wouldn’t recite the Pledge in French, or German, or Russian, or Hindi, or even Chinese (which, after Spanish, is the second most spoken foreign language in the United States). And we shouldn’t sing the national anthem in Spanish, or any other foreign language.

“So, in this land of immigrants, let’s all sing it together, as one American nation, in our common language: English."

Priorities, people--that's why we trust these guys with power.

But why stop with a wimpy congressional resolution?  Isn't there election on the horizon?  Methinks a proposed constitutional amendment is in order.

UPDATE:  Think Progress notes that the U.S. Bureau of Education commissioned a Spanish version of the song in 1919.  Perhaps Lamar should be fighting instead for tougher history standards in Tennessee schools.