Question about scripting of foreign keys

When I script FK_SalesOrderHeader_Address_BillToAddressID key from AdventureWorks.[Sales].[SalesOrderHeader] I get this:
ALTER TABLE [Sales].[SalesOrderHeader] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_SalesOrderHeader_Address_BillToAddressID] FOREIGN KEY([BillToAddressID])
REFERENCES [Person].[Address] ([AddressID])
GO
ALTER TABLE [Sales].[SalesOrderHeader] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_SalesOrderHeader_Address_BillToAddressID]
GO
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_Description', @value=N'Foreign key constraint referencing Address.AddressID.' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'Sales', @level1type=N'TABLE',@level1name=N'SalesOrderHeader', @level2type=N'CONSTRAINT',@level2name=N'FK_SalesOrderHeader_Address_BillToAddressID'
GO
What is second ALTER statement for (the one highlighted with bold font)? First ALTER statement already includes WITH CHECK, so isn't the second one redundant?

The 2nd Statement enables the Foreign Key.
I think it is redundant because FOREIGN KEY is enabled by default when you execute the 1st statement.
This script is generated by SSMS (Yes?), This is added just to ensure that CONSTRAINT is enabled.
- Vishal
SqlAndMe.com
Yes, it is generated by SSMS 2008.

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