Anna Paulina Luna identifies strongly with Christian values, describing herself as "pro-life, pro-God," supporting Christian nationalism, and aligning her Republican affiliation with her Judeo-Christian upbringing (Tampa Bay Times, Media Matters, MSNBC).
Luna has publicly claimed she was raised as a Messianic Jew by her father and participated in Jewish customs, though her primary religious identification is Christian (Business Insider, Newsweek).
There are conflicting accounts about her religious background: her mother corroborated exposure to Messianic Judaism, but three extended family members stated her father was Catholic and did not practice Judaism during Luna's upbringing (Newsweek).
Luna has vocally defended religious rights in public life, asserting that Christians and pastors are under attack from the left, and she supports religious exemptions for vaccines in the military (Tampa Bay Times, FOX 13).
She openly discusses drawing strength from her faith in difficult times, asking for prayers publicly following her father's death (Tampa Bay Times).
August 2022: Luna Defended Christian Nationalism On Steve Bannon's Show According to Media Matters, "On August 22, Luna went on Steve Bannon's War Room, where she defended Christian nationalism and claimed that Democrats are 'going after' Hispanic churches." [Media Matters, 12/9/22]
June 2021: Luna Claimed 'Anti-God' Left Oppressed Christians At Faith And Freedom Conference According to Tampa Bay Times, "St. Petersburg congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna told a crowd at the Faith and Freedom Conference in Orlando last week that the 'anti-God' left is attacking and oppressing Christians." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/23/21]
June 2021: Luna Described Herself As 'Pro-Life, Pro-God, Pro-Gun And Anti-Socialist' According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna proclaimed herself 'pro-life, pro-God, pro-gun and anti-socialist.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 6/23/21]
June 2021: Luna Alleged Radical Left Attempted To Silence Pastors According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna said the 'radical left' has been 'trying to make pastors especially quiet, and afraid to use their voices to speak out against their radical anti-God agenda.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 6/23/21]
June 2021: Luna Asserted Opposition Results In Hatred And Slander According to Tampa Bay Times, "'When you're standing up for what's right you will always be met with hate,' she said. 'You will always be smeared ... because you are standing up for what your moral conviction is, which does inherently tie to you being Christians and for your belief in God.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 6/23/21]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Religious Exemptions For All Vaccines In The Military In an interview with FOX 13, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that they should have acknowledged and honored people's religious exemptions. I can tell you, having gone through that process, not only did they make it nearly impossible for people to actually be able to do the paperwork to get that religious exemption, but then these people were discharged and a lot of these families were on single incomes." When asked directly whether there should be a religious exemption for all vaccines in the military, Luna said, "I think so." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX 13, 8/12/22]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Her Father Raised Her As A Messianic Jew According to Business Insider, "Luna, elected last year to Congress to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in St. Petersburg, said in an interview with Jewish Insider in November that her father raised her as a Messianic Jew --- a person that identifies as Jewish and who believes Jesus is the Messiah." [Business Insider, 2/10/23]
January 2022: Luna Requested Privacy And Prayers After Her Father's Death According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna closed out the statement by affirming her faith and belief that her father would tell her to keep pushing forward, and asked supporters for prayers and privacy." [Tampa Bay Times, 1/12/22]
Anna Paulina Luna Cited Judeo-Christian Values As Reason For Republican Alignment In 2022 According to MSNBC, "The reason Im a Republican, the reason Im a conservative is because those are my values as a human being. That is how I was raised and thats how Im going to vote and I think that that`s resonating with other Hispanics as well." [MSNBC, 6/1/22]
November 2022: Luna Claimed To Have Been Raised As A Messianic Jew According to Newsweek, "This past November, Luna, who identifies as Christian, told Jewish Insider days before the midterm elections that she was 'raised as a Messianic Jew' by her father." [Newsweek, 2/10/23]
Luna's Mother Said Father Was Christian Who Attended Messianic Jewish Church According to Newsweek, "Luna's mother, Monica Luna, said that the Republican's father George Mayerhofer ... was a Christian who embraced the Messianic faith. 'He eventually got clean and started attending a messianic Jewish church in Orange County. He brought Anna to services and she buried him to Jewish customs,' Monica Luna said, according to the Post." [Newsweek, 2/10/23]
Three Extended Relatives Claimed Luna's Father Was Catholic, Not Jewish According to Newsweek, "However, Luna's father was Catholic, according to three members of Luna's extended family who said that they were not aware of him practicing any form of Judaism while the Florida congresswoman was growing up." [Newsweek, 2/10/23]